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Blast Furnace Test Questions
Blast Furnace Test Questions
represents the materials added to, and removed from, the blast furnace. Marks Remark
EXHAUST GASES
BLAST FURNACE
HOT AIR
MOLTEN SLAG
MOLTEN IRON
(a) Iron ore is reduced to iron. The reducing agent is carbon monoxide.
Carbon monoxide is formed from carbon in two reactions which are
shown as word equations below.
(i) Name the material added to the blast furnace which is composed
mainly of carbon.
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coke [1]
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hot air [1]
(iii) Write balanced symbol equations for reactions 1 and 2 which are
given above.
Reaction 1: __________________________________________
C + O2 -> CO2 [2]
Reaction 2: __________________________________________
CO2 + C -> 2CO [3]
(iv) Write a balanced symbol equation for the reduction of iron ore to
iron in the blast furnace.
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Fe2O3 + 3CO -> 2FE + 3CO2 [3]
furnace. Substances A and B are formed by the thermal decomposition Marks Remark
Limestone
Impurity in Reaction 4
A B + SLAG
iron ore
EXHAUST GASES
A ___________________________________________________
carbon dioxide
B _________________________________________________
lime [2]
(ii) Name the impurity in the iron ore which reacts with B to form
slag.
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silica/ SiO2/ sand [1]
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CaO + SiO2 -> CaSiO2 [2]
(iv) Suggest the name of one other gas which could be present in the
exhaust gases.
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CO [1]