At what temperatures is the following reaction, the reduction of magnetite by graphite to elemental iron, spontaneous?

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At what temperatures is the following reaction, the reduction of magnetite by graphite to elemental iron, spontaneous?

Fe3O4(s) + 2C (s, graphite) → 2CO2(g) + 3 Fe(s)

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 9780321910417

13th Edition

Authors: Theodore E. Brown, H. Eugene LeMay, Bruce E. Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew E. Stoltzfus

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