iron oxide reacts with aluminum to give aluminum oxide and iron what kind of chemical reaction is this

Single displacement reaction

Explanation:

  Reaction equation:

 Iron oxide   + Aluminum   →  Aluminum oxide

                  Fe₂O₃ + 2Al → 2Fe + Al₂O₃

This reaction is a single displacement reaction.

In a single displacement reaction, a metallic ion in solution is replaced by a metal atom higher in the activity series than the metal in solution.

The relative positions of the two elements in the activity series provides the driving force for a single replacement reaction.