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O-LevelChemistryMetals & Reactivity5070/11 · May/June 2016 · Q271 Mark

Iron is extracted from haematite in the blast furnace. Which other raw material is added in this extraction?

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Abauxite
Bcryolite
Climestone
Dslag

✓ Correct answer

C: limestone

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Metals & Reactivity, O-Level Chemistry (syllabus 5070). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Chemistry, May/June 2016 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 27.

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