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What is the role of limestone in the extraction of iron from its oxides?
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Shivam Kaushal 6 years, 8 months ago

It form slag and helps to remove the impurities

Urvi Patel 6 years, 8 months ago

Limestone decomposes to form CaO which acts as a flux and combines with silica to form fusible slag,calcium silicate.thus,CaO removes silicate impurity of the ore as slag.the molten slag being lighter separates out from iron.
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