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Institute of Space Technology Islamabad-Pakistan: (Assignment No. 03)
Institute of Space Technology Islamabad-Pakistan: (Assignment No. 03)
Batch No.: 03
History:
Process:
2 C + O2 → 2 CO
The carbon monoxide reduces the iron ore (in
the chemical equation below, hematite) to
molten iron, becoming carbon dioxide in the
process:
Fe2O3 + 3 CO → 2 Fe + 3 CO2
2 Fe2O3 + 3 C → 4 Fe + 3 CO2