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Oxygen is removed from iron ore to produce iron which is then refined and alloyed with other metals and constituents to form steel.
The oxygen is removed from the iron ore by heating it to a high temperature in the presence of carbon (and other materials) as a reducing agent.
Indeed, once iron is produced in this way some processes actually blow oxygen through the iron to burn away impurities. My point here is that most steel production does not involve removal of oxygen once iron has been smelted.
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Why oxygen and LPG tank often sealed with thick steel and not a plastic nor wood?
Oxygen and LPG are both flammable. Steel is not. Therefore it is best that oxygen and LPG are not sealed with plastic or wood.
What is the benefit to pumping nitrogen gas into seawater that is stored in steel tanks?
Nitrogen displaces oxygen that originally came from Earth's atmosphere. In the absence of oxygen, steel can not rust.
What is mixed together to make steel?
Iron and carbon. Depending on the type of steel, be it forged, sheet, razor strip, depends on the amount of carbon present. The carbon content varies from 0.1% to 2.0% . For very specialist steels, such as Tungsten steel, or Stainless Steel. Other metals are added; notably Tungsten (Wolfram) for tungsten steel, which is very hard wearing, and chromium and nickel to make stainless steel, which does NOT rust. Molten Iron from the Blast Furnace is placed in the BOS converter. Here an oxygen lance blows in oxygen to remove or adjust the csrbon, sulphur and phosphorus content. It is at this point the carbon content is adjusted to make the given steel.
What type of rock is used to make steel?
Steel is made from iron. Iron ore is reduced in the Blast Furnace , using iron ore, limestone, and coke, together with a 'hot blast' of air(oxygen). The product is motel iron and slag. Slag is used to make road surfaces and 'breeze blocks', for building. The molten iron is then placed in the BOS (Basic Oxygen furnace) plant, where an oxygen lance blows oxygen in to remove any impurities, and control the level of carbon present. The impurities present are phosphorus sulphur, carbon. The oxygen lance oxidises these substances into to gases , where they are drawn off the BOS plant. It is at this point the percentage carbon etc., is controlled, in order to make the appropriate steel. The result is steel.
What gas in the air makes steel rust?
Oxygen is the only gas which rust the metals.
What is the word equation for steel reacting with oxygen?
Steel + Oxygen = Steel Oxide
Why does all steel contain the clement manganese in small quantities?
To remove unwanted oxygen and to control sulfur.
Which is most dense Steel or Oxygen?
Steel is more dense than oxygen.
What is the use of coating steel with tin?
It stops the steel from rusting by not letting oxygen or water touch the steel, as oxygen and water need to present for steel to rust.
What makes steel rust more water or oxygen?
Oxygen.
Why does paint affect the formation of rust?
Bare steel + moisture + oxygen = rust. Paint provides a barrier to shield the steel from moisture and oxygen.
Are steel water oxygen gold mixture?
You mean Is Steel, Water, Oxygen, and gold which one is a component well. The only that is a mixture is water.
What types of organisms remove oxygen from the atmosphere?
Animals remove oxygen from the atmosphere.
What substance is needed for steel to rust?
Oxygen
What does iron and oxygen do combined?
turns in to steel
Why oxygen and LPG tank often sealed with thick steel and not a plastic nor wood?
Oxygen and LPG are both flammable. Steel is not. Therefore it is best that oxygen and LPG are not sealed with plastic or wood.
Was passiert wenn ich Eisenwolle und Sauerstoff mische?
Mixing steel wool and oxygen gets you...hmm...let me see...steel wool and oxygen.
