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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, iron oxide is not an element. It is a compound of iron and oxygen. (There is more than one kind of iron oxide, too.)
Element of compound ferrous oxide?
It is not an element. It is an compound made of two elements: Iron and Oxygen, FeO.
What element could be used to remove oxygen from iron oxide?
Carbon is commonly used to remove oxygen from iron oxide during the process of steelmaking. The carbon combines with the oxygen in the iron oxide to form carbon dioxide gas, leaving behind pure iron.
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 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, iron oxide is not an element. It is a compound of iron and oxygen. (There is more than one kind of iron oxide, too.)
What element does iron react to make iron oxide?
Iron reacts with oxygen to form iron oxide. The chemical formula for iron oxide is Fe2O3 (rust) or Fe3O4.
Name an element that could be used to remove oxygen from iron oxide?
Carbon iron oxide - oxygen = carbon dioxide
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.
Element of compound ferrous oxide?
It is not an element. It is an compound made of two elements: Iron and Oxygen, FeO.
What is produced when an element is completely burned in oxygen?
When an element is completely burned in oxygen, it forms an oxide. The specific oxide produced depends on the element. For example, carbon burned in oxygen forms carbon dioxide, sulfur forms sulfur dioxide, and iron forms iron(III) oxide.
Why is rust an element?
Rust is a compound, not an element. It is primarily composed of iron oxide, formed when iron reacts with oxygen in the presence of water or moisture. Iron, one of the elements, combines with oxygen, another element, to create rust.
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 is the product of element iron and oxygen gas?
iron oxide(rust) - Fe2O3
When iron reacts with oxygen is the oxide that is formed an acid or a base And how do we get this element?
Fe2O3 It is neither an acid or a base, and it is a compound, not an element
What element does iron associate with?
Iron is itself an element, symbolized as Fe.
