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Iron ores most often contain iron combined with oxygen. The carbon comes from a material called coke, which is made from coal. When heated, the carbon reacts with oxygen in the ore, leaving the purified iron metal behind.

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Iron ore is reduced to metallic iron by carbon, which is transformed to carbon dioxide by the oxide in ore

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Iron mixed with carbon forms steel.

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Q: What happens to the element in iron ore when the ore is mixed with carbon and heated?
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