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Coke is produced by heating coal in the absence of air. Coke is cheap and provides ...Iron ores. The most commonly used iron ores are haematite (US: hematite), Fe2O3, and magnetite, Fe3O4

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How is pig iron made in the steel manufacturing process?

Pig iron is made in the steel manufacturing process by smelting iron ore in a blast furnace with coke and limestone. The coke acts as a fuel and reduces the iron ore to produce molten iron, while the limestone helps remove impurities. The resulting pig iron is then further processed to make steel.


What is added to pig iron to convert it into steel-?

The pig iron is converted into steel through a process called the basic oxygen steel making.


Do steel investment foundries make use of pig iron?

Steel investment foundries make use of pig iron


How is mild steel made?

Mild steel is made by blasting hot air into pig iron. This makes it malleable so it can be shaped into useful things.


What are the contents of steel?

steel prepared by the mixing of pig iron,scrap iron,heamatite in the presence of oxygen


What is the difference between pig iron and cast iron?

Pig iron is cast iron with a very high carbon content: 4% by weight or more. Cast iron has at least 2% carbon by weight. Less than that, and it's steel. Cast iron and pig iron are not called steel, despite being iron carbides, because they lack the structural strength of steel and are extremely brittle. In terms of the microstructure, cast iron and pig iron contain no cementite, austenite, or martensite. Historically, "pig iron" refers to cast iron made by a particular process: the high-carbon molten iron made in a blast furnace was poured into moulds made of sand, which had a particular shape. Narrow trenches would run down the edge of the mould, and then branching off of them there would be the actual ingots. The whole setup looked to the ironworkers like a sow suckling piglets, so the product became known as pig iron.


How many types of iron are there what are their names?

cast iron, stainless steel, wrout iron, pig iron


What types of iron is there?

pig iron, wrought iron and cast iron. These are broad classifications used commercially, they can be subclassified. Chemically we say that its pure or impure, contains sulphur/phosphorous/impurities(slag, etc.)/carbon in so and so % range


What makes the alloys bronze and pig iron?

bronze is made from copper and tin at what amount i do not know, and pig iron is a type of iron that is like steel but does not contain as much carbon in it and pig iron is usually used to make cast iron as well. i am trying to sound as humble as possible so i do not sound as smart as i think i am


What are the names of all ferrous metals?

Pig iron, steel


What is the difference between pig iron and steel?

Pig iron is the initial form of iron produced during the smelting of iron ore, containing high carbon content and impurities. Steel is an alloy of iron that contains less carbon and is produced by further refining pig iron to remove impurities and control the carbon content, resulting in a more malleable and versatile material.


What are steel made of?

Steel is made from iron. We combine a small amount of carbon with iron to get (make) steel.