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What substance in the iron extraction process reduces iron oxide to iron?
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∙ 13y ago
It is carbon (in the form of coke) that is added to blast furnaces to reduce iron oxide and recover the iron. This is the usual explanation, though most believe that it is the action of carbon monoxide that is involved. The equation for the reaction between iron oxide and carbon that produces iron and carbon monoxide is this one:
2Fe2O3 + 3C → 4Fe + 3CO2
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoIn order to extract iron from iron oxide, the iron ore is placed in a blast furnace where oxygen is supposed to be extracted from it. In this process, iron oxide combines with carbon to create iron and carbon dioxide, which is in it's gaseous form.
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It is easier to obtain a metal from its oxide as compared to its sulphides and carbonates. So the metal sulphides & carbonates must be converted to metal oxides to ease the extraction
What is the word equation for the extraction of iron from the ore iron oxide?
oxidition
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An oxide I reckon.ExamplesAluminum oxideFerric oxide (aka rust)
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It is easier to obtain a metal from its oxide as compared to its sulphides and carbonates. So the metal sulphides & carbonates must be converted to metal oxides to ease the extraction
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calcium oxide --> calcium + oxygen
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What is the word equation for the extraction of iron from the ore iron oxide?
oxidition
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Oxygen oxide is not a real substance.
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when wate ris adde to metallic oxide it forms a hard substance
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