Blast furnaces extract pure iron from the iron(III) oxide in iron ore in a two step sequence.
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Blast furnaces extract pure iron from the iron(III) oxide in iron ore in a two step sequence.
In the first step, carbon and oxygen react to form carbon monoxide: 2C (s) + O 2 (g) → 2CO (g)
In the second step, iron(III) oxide and carbon monoxide react to form iron and carbon dioxide: Fe 2 O 3 (s) + 3CO (g) → 2Fe (s) + 3CO 2 (g)
Write the net chemical equation for the production of iron from carbon, oxygen and iron(III) oxide.
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ISBN: 978-0321696724
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Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward
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