Chemistry GCSE
Blast furnace chemistry
What Blast furnace chemistry means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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In the industrial extraction of iron, carbon is added but first reacts to form carbon monoxide, which acts as the main reducing agent.
Topics that use Blast furnace chemistry
- Extraction of metals and reduction (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Chemical versus physical separation
- Data evaluation
- Ores and metal compounds
- Oxidation
- Reactivity series and extraction
- Reactivity series and extraction methods
- Reduction
- Reduction with carbon
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