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It's a process...But Smelting and Carbon
Iron 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.
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Is iron oxide a element?
No. It is not. Iron is an element. Oxygen is an element. Iron Oxide is a compound.
Is iron oxide an element?
NO!!!! It is a COMPOUND. It is made up of two elements. viz. Iron(Fe) and oxygen(O).
What element could be used to remove oxygen from iron oxide?
Carbon Monoxide
How many oxygen atoms are in iron?
There are no iron atoms in oxygen. Oxygen is an element in itself so it can not be complicated by another element unless it becomes a molecule of something else. Usually iron that has been mixed with oxygen can be form an iron oxide.
Is an iron nail a element compound or mixture?
in its pure form, iron is an element, but that may not be what you are referring to.... if you have iron oxide (rust), this is a compound of iron and oxygen.
Is iron oxide a element?
No. It is not. Iron is an element. Oxygen is an element. Iron Oxide is a compound.
Is rust an element of iron and oxygen called iron oxide?
Rust is not an element but compounds of iron. The brown oxide of iron is ferrous oxide and the black oxide of iron is ferric oxide.
What element does iron react to make iron oxide?
Oxygen
Is iron oxide an element?
NO!!!! It is a COMPOUND. It is made up of two elements. viz. Iron(Fe) and oxygen(O).
Name an element that could be used to remove oxygen from iron oxide?
Carbon iron oxide - oxygen = carbon dioxide
What is the product of element iron and oxygen gas?
iron oxide(rust) - Fe2O3
Is iron oxide a element or compound?
Iron oxide is a compound, but I would add that a chemist would refer to it as either ferrous oxide or ferric oxide, depending upon the proportion of iron to oxygen.
What minerals are iron oxides?
Iron oxide is rust. It is formed when the element iron reacts with oxygen in the water or air.
What element could be used to remove oxygen from iron oxide?
Carbon Monoxide
How many oxygen atoms are in iron?
There are no iron atoms in oxygen. Oxygen is an element in itself so it can not be complicated by another element unless it becomes a molecule of something else. Usually iron that has been mixed with oxygen can be form an iron oxide.
What is iron oxide an element mixture solution or compound?
Actually there are several iron oxides, iron(II)oxide, iron(III)oxide and iron(II,III)oxide, and iron(III)oxide comes in four so-called 'phases'.All of these are compounds of iron with oxygen.
Is rust a compound or an alloy?
Rust is the compound iron oxide, or Fe2O3.
