Smelting
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title:
Smelting
text:
Smelting is a process of applying heat and a chemical reducing agent to an ore to extract a desired base metal product. It is a form of extractive metallurgy that is used to obtain many metals such as iron, copper, silver, tin, lead and zinc. Smelting uses heat and a chemical reducing agent to decompose the ore, driving off other elements as gases or slag and leaving the metal behind. The reducing agent is commonly a fossil-fuel source of carbon, such as carbon monoxide from incomplete combustio
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Use of heat and a reducing agent to extract metal from ore
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smelting
date created:
2002-02-25T15:43:11Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T06:50:33Z
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