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What must be done to iron ore to produce the element iron?

Iron goes through a number of stages between ore and final steel product. In the first stage, iron ore is heated with limestone and coke (pure carbon) in a blast furnace. A blast furnace is a very large oven in which the temperature may reach 1,500°C (2,700°F). In the blast furnace, coke removes oxygen from iron ore Read more: http://www.chemistryexplained.com/elements/C-K/Iron.html#ixzz1820JDBkZ


Is iron an inorganic substance?

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Is iron an organic or inorganic compound?

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What element can replace iron in a compound during a single replacement?

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What element removes oxygen from iron oxide?

It's a process...But Smelting and CarbonIron ores consists of oxygen and iron atoms bonded together into molecules. To convert it to metallic iron it must be smelted or sent through a direct reduction process to remove the oxygen. Oxygen-iron bonds are strong, and to remove the iron from the oxygen, a stronger elemental bond must be presented to attach to the oxygen. Carbon is used because the strength of a carbon-oxygen bond is greater than that of the iron-oxygen bond, at high temperatures. Thus, the iron ore must be powdered and mixed with coke, to be burnt in the smelting process.However, it is not entirely as simple as that; carbon monoxide is the primary ingredient of chemically stripping oxygen from iron. Thus, the iron and carbon smelting must be kept at an oxygen deficient (reducing) state to promote burning of carbon to produce CO not CO2.


Sulfur-iron mixture must be heated in a fume hood?

Heating a sulfur-iron mixture can produce toxic sulfur dioxide gas, so it must be done in a fume hood to ensure proper ventilation and avoid inhaling the harmful fumes. The fume hood helps to safely contain and remove any hazardous gases that are generated during the heating process, protecting laboratory personnel and the environment.


How we extract iron ore?

Iron ore consists mostly of oxygen and iron atoms bonded together into molecules. To convert these oxides of iron to metallic iron, they must be smelted or sent through a direct reduction process to remove the oxygen. Oxygen-iron bonds are strong, and to remove the iron from the oxygen, a stronger elemental bond must be presented to attach to the oxygen. Carbon is used because the strength of a carbon-oxygen bond is greater than that of the iron-oxygen bond, and the process is done at high temperatures. The iron ore must be powdered and mixed with coke, which is essentially carbon, and the combination must be burnt in the smelting process. The carbon dioxide byproduct goes off into the atmosphere and what is left is almost pure iron.