Ironmaking 101 – From Ore to Iron with Blast Furnaces
The carbon in the coke reacts with the oxygen to produce a reducing gas, carbon monoxide (CO) according to the following reaction: 2 C (s) + O 2 (g) → 2 CO + Heat. In the upper region of the blast furnace where temperature range from 600 to 700 C. the iron ore or iron oxide is reacts with the gaseous CO reductant to produce iron: Fe 2 O 3 …
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