Explain why aluminium oxide must be molten for electrolysis to take place.

The extraction is done by electolysis but first the aluminium oxide must be melted so that electricity can pass through it...The use of molten cryolite as a solvent reduces some of the Energy

costs involved in extracting aluminum by allowing the ions in aluminum oxide to move freely at low temperature ..

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answer: option (b) is the correct answer.

explanation:

a covalent bond is formed by sharing of electrons. whereas polarity arises due to difference in electronegativity of two atoms.

therefore, more is the electronegativity of an atom which combines with the titanium, more readily it will induce a partial positive and negative charge.

thus, out of the given options fluorine is most electronegative and has an incomplete octet. therefore, it will readily combine with titanium to share the electrons and complete its octet.