C O2 → CO2 The heat produced by this reaction is the main source of heat in the blast furnace that is used for iron production At the bottom of the furnace the temperature is very high which causes more of the coke to react with carbon dioxide producing carbon monoxide C CO2 → 2CO The carbon monoxide then becomes the reducing
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Get PriceThe raw materials mix or charge enters the furnace from the top and hot air is blown or blasted from the bottom causing the coke to burn and the oxygen to combine with carbon in the coke to form carbon monoxide Now this carbon monoxide that is unstable reacts with the ore to form carbon dioxide and iron The Separation Of Iron
Get PriceDownload [PDF 1 2 MB] Iron Fe is a metallic element that constitutes 5 6% by weight of the Earth s crust and is the fourth most abundant element in the crust Iron ores are rocks from which metallic iron can be economically extracted The principal iron ores contain hematite Fe 2 O 3 and magnetite Fe 3 O 4
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Get PriceThe iron minerals that are at present used as ores are hematite magnetite limonite and siderite; also occasionally ankerite goethite and turgite Hematite is the most important iron ore The iron content of the pure minerals is as follows Ankerite is a carbonate of lime magnesia manganese and iron
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Get PriceR Stace in Iron Ore 2024 Abstract Iron ore reserves are normally found within a few meters from the ground surface and most of the major mines of the world are operating an opencut system which requires little sophistication except in terms of the equipment used and the quantities needed to be mined for operations to be cost effective This chapter will look at case studies that define
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