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Iron ore is not normally smelted, instead it is reduced in a blast furnace with a mixture of coke & limestone. The coke burns removing the oxygen from the iron ore and melting the resulting iron. The limestone neutralizes acidic sulfur compounds and acts as a flux.
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What was the process of smelting used by the nok to make iron tools?
the process is to get the tools you need and make iron tools, you need iron ore, which is iron oxide
Is it true or false iron is separated from oxygen by cooling iron ore?
False. The ore is heated (smelting)
What is the process when you separate a metal from its ore?
Smelting
What does the term smelting mean?
Smelting is a term for melting iron and other metals. Within this process the temperature of the metals can go up to 1250°C and more. The common use is to seperate the iron and oxidations of it from the ore.
After miners remove ore from a mine what process removes the metal from the ore?
Smelting
What substance that is rich in carbon is mixed with iron ore in the process of smelting?
alloy
What was the process of smelting used by the nok to make iron tools?
the process is to get the tools you need and make iron tools, you need iron ore, which is iron oxide
How can iron be separated from ore?
By smelting.
Is it true or false iron is separated from oxygen by cooling iron ore?
False. The ore is heated (smelting)
What is the process when you separate a metal from its ore?
Smelting
What does the term smelting mean?
Smelting is a term for melting iron and other metals. Within this process the temperature of the metals can go up to 1250°C and more. The common use is to seperate the iron and oxidations of it from the ore.
Where does steel come?
Smelting coal, iron ore, and limestone.
Where does steel come from?
Smelting coal, iron ore, and limestone.
After miners remove ore from a mine what process removes the metal from the ore?
Smelting
What are the advantages of recycling iron?
It produces less CO2 than smelting iron ore
What is the process that ore into useful metals called?
Smelting
What is the process of extracting a useful substance from an ore?
smelting
