Smelting involves heating up ore until the metal becomes spongy and the chemical compounds in the ore begin to break down Most important it releases oxygen from the iron ore which makes up a high percentage of common iron ores The most primitive facility used to smelt iron is a bloomery There a blacksmith burns charcoal with iron ore and
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Get PriceThe open hearth furnace is one way to create steel from pig iron The pig iron limestone and iron ore go into an open hearth furnace It is heated to about 1 600 degrees F 871 degrees C The limestone and ore form a slag that floats on the surface Impurities including carbon are oxidized and float out of the iron into the slag
Get PriceMost of the molten iron from a Blast Furnace is used to make different types of steel Calcination is the process of converting ore into an oxide by heating it strongly The most important iron ore is hematite The iron extraction process is a long process that begins with calcination and is then followed by a few major steps
Get PriceThe primary use of iron ore is in the production of iron Most of the iron produced is then used to make steel Steel is used to make automobiles locomotives ships beams used in buildings furniture paper clips tools reinforcing rods for concrete bicycles and thousands of other items It is the most used metal by both tonnage and purpose
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Get PriceAs iron is the main component of steel it firstly needs to be made Iron ore lime and coke are placed into a blast furnace and melted The resulting liquid known as molten iron is then formed As molten iron still contains around 4% % impurities such as carbon which in turn make the metal brittle they need to be eradicated
Get PriceThere are two process routes for making steel today the electric arc furnace and the basic oxygen converter The latter requires a charge of molten iron which is produced in blast furnaces The raw materials for producing molten iron are iron ore coking coal and fluxes materials that help the chemical process mainly limestone
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Get PriceIron ore is the source of primary iron for the world s iron and steel industries It is therefore essential for the production of steel which in turn is essential to maintain a strong industrial base Almost all 98% iron ore is used in steelmaking Iron ore is mined in about 50 countries The seven largest of these producing countries
Get PriceOrigins and production Iron is commonly found in the Earth s crust in the form of an ore usually an iron oxide such as magnetite or is extracted from iron ore by removing the oxygen through its combination with a preferred chemical partner such as carbon which is then lost to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide This process known as smelting was first applied to metals with
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Get PriceThe iron ore production has significantly expanded in recent years owing to increasing steel demands in developing countries However the content of iron in ore deposits has deteriorated and low grade iron ore has been processed The fines resulting from the concentration process must be agglomerated for use in iron and steelmaking This chapter shows the status of the pelletizing process
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