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METALLURGY 315

Limestone (CaCO 3), ore (Fe2O 3)

& cock are added at the top

Charging

holes

Cone

Molten slag

250 °C

2FeO 2 3

+CO

2FeOCO

3 4 2

Fe 3 O 4 + CO

3FeO + CO

FeO + CO

FeO + CO

2

Spongy iron

CaCO

3

CO 2

+ CaO—13K Cal

C + CO

2 2CO

SiO 2 + CaO

CasiO 3

Slag

Fe Metal & Mixed with

CPSiMnetc.

2 4 2

SiO 2 + 2C

Si + 2CO

F OIC + 10C

TP + 10CO

4

CO + C + 2CO

2

C + CO

2

CO

Waste gases exit

Upper zone (250 °C–700 °C)

Middle zone (800 °C–1000 °C)

Lower zone (1200 °C–1600 °C)

Fusable slag

Tuyer for hot air

(form Cowper’s Stoves)

Molten iron

Fig. 14.8 Blast furnace (displaying reactions of iron extraction in various zones of the furnace).

Feed hopper

P&CO

Coke, sand & rock

Carbon electrodes

CO

Fig. 14.9 Electric arc furnace.

Smelting. The process by which a metal is extracted in the fused state is called smelting.

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