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Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, deep purple, to rusty red. The iron itself is usually found in the form of magnetite (Fe3O4), hematite (Fe2O3), goethite (FeO(OH)), limonite (FeO(OH).n(H2O)) or siderite (FeCO3).
Ores carrying very high quantities of hematite or magnetite (greater than ~60% iron) are known as "natural ore" or "direct shipping ore", meaning they can be fed directly into iron-making blast furnaces. Most reserves of such ore have now been depleted. Iron ore is the raw material used to make pig iron, which is one of the main raw materials to make steel. 98% of the mined iron ore is used to make steel.[1] Indeed, it has been argued that iron ore is "more integral to the global economy than any other commodity, except perhaps oil"
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Iron can be extracted from its ore using carbon. What type of reaction is this?
Iron can be extracted from its ore using carbon.what type of reaction is this
Why is carbon used to extract iron from it's ore?
The carbon combines with the oxygen in the ore, separating it from the iron.Excess carbon alloys with the extracted iron, hardening it.
What is the name of a metal that can be ectracted from an ore?
Iron is metal that can be extracted from ore there is also titanium aluminum copper and others
What is the name of the most common aluminium ore?
Bauxite . Chemically it is Aluminium oxide (Al2O3)
How can carbon be used to extract a metal from its ore?
Metals are extracted from ores. An ore is a rock that contains enough of a mineral (metal compound) for the metal to be extracted from it. Most metals are extracted from an ore by reduction with carbon or by electrolysis.
How is iron extracted from it ore?
No
Iron can be extracted from its ore using carbon. What type of reaction is this?
Iron can be extracted from its ore using carbon.what type of reaction is this
Which ore is aluminum extract from?
which ore is aluminum extracted from
Who extracted iron?
Miners extract iron ore from the ground.
How do you get iron out of iron ore?
You smelt (melt the iron ore in a furnace so that all the iron is extracted from the stone and other things that are stuck onto or near the iron ore.
Where is metal discovered?
Iron is extracted from iron ore. Copper is extracted from several ores, Chalcopyrite being one.
Are iron and iron ore the same?
Iron ore is a mineral that contains iron that can be extracted. Iron is a substance that is chemically pure and has one set of chemical properties.
How is a metal made?
Metals are extracted from their ore through chemical reaction. Iron ore is an oxide of iron. The oxygen is removed from the ore by heating carbon with the ore to create molten iron and Carbon Dioxide.
In order for a rock to be consider and ore it must?
Ore is rock from which a metal or valuable mineral can be extracted. Iron ore, copper ore are two examples.
Why is carbon used to extract iron from it's ore?
The carbon combines with the oxygen in the ore, separating it from the iron.Excess carbon alloys with the extracted iron, hardening it.
What is the name of a metal that can be ectracted from an ore?
Iron is metal that can be extracted from ore there is also titanium aluminum copper and others
What is the name of the most common aluminium ore?
Bauxite . Chemically it is Aluminium oxide (Al2O3)
