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ohh hey they use a metal thingy to move the thigy out of the thingy

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It comes from coke, a form of pure carbon created by heating coal to a very high temperature without allowing it to burn, by keeping oxygen away from it.

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Which metal CAN BE USED in an attempt to tie up carbon?

Iron is one of the metals of which can be saturated with carbon. It is commonly used to make Iron harder. Unfortunately it will also make the Iron brittle. Iron with a lot of carbon in it can break and shatter if hit hard. Iron without carbon is "soft" and will most likely only bend.


Which element is used to extract iron?

Carbon


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.


Name an element that could be used to remove oxygen from iron oxide?

Carbon iron oxide - oxygen = carbon dioxide


What liquid can be used to separate mixture of iron filings and sulfur?

Carbon disulfide can be used to separate a mixture of iron filings and sulfur. This is because carbon disulfide can be used to dissolve sulfur, thus leaving you with the iron filings.


What metal is used with carbon to make steel?

Iron


How does calcium carbonate purify iron?

Calcium carbonate (limestone) is used in blast furnaces to capture impurities and form a slag that floats above the molten iron to keep the impurities from mixing back into the iron.


What metal is used to make an alloy with carbon?

Iron is mixed with Carbon to make Steel.


What is carbon monxide used for?

Carbon monoxide can be used as a fuel for inndustrial operations, its used in Fischer-Tropsch process, and as a reducing agent (For example, when it passes over hot iron oxides, the oxides are reduced to metallic iron, and the carbon monoxide is oxidized to carbon dioxide.)


What are uses for iron?

Iron is used for making steel, together with carbon. If you mix iron and carbon together at a ratio of 99% steel and 1% carbon, you get an alloy called hard steel. Which, as its name suggests, is very strong.


Can heat and carbon can be used to release iron from a ore?

yes it can


Metal used along with carbon to make steel?

Iron