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Blast Furnace Worksheet

The blast furnace uses iron ore, limestone, coke, and hot air to produce iron. [1] Iron ore contains iron oxide, limestone contains calcium carbonate, and coke is nearly pure carbon. [2] Hot air is blasted into the bottom of the furnace, providing heat and oxygen for reactions. [3] Coke reacts with iron oxide in the blast furnace to produce iron and carbon dioxide, while the reactions involving calcium oxide help purify the iron by producing slag.

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Blast Furnace Worksheet

The blast furnace uses iron ore, limestone, coke, and hot air to produce iron. [1] Iron ore contains iron oxide, limestone contains calcium carbonate, and coke is nearly pure carbon. [2] Hot air is blasted into the bottom of the furnace, providing heat and oxygen for reactions. [3] Coke reacts with iron oxide in the blast furnace to produce iron and carbon dioxide, while the reactions involving calcium oxide help purify the iron by producing slag.

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The Blast Furnace

1. You need to know about the four raw materials used in the blast
furnace. Match the heads to the correct tails, and write out the correct
sentences:

heads tails
iron ore ●1 4●. is made from coal, and is nearly pure carbon
limestone ●2 1●.(usually haematite) is mainly iron oxide, Fe2O3, mixed with sand
hot air ●3 3●.blasted in at the bottom of the furnace to provide heat and oxygen
coke ●4 2● is a common rock consisting mainly of calcium carbonate, CaCO3

2. Write down the formula for iron oxide, and the formula for calcium carbonate.
 Fe2O3
 CaCO3

3. Match the word equations to the correct symbol equations, and write them down together:
word equations symbol equations
1 carbon + oxygen  carbon dioxide 4 .Fe2O3(s) + 3CO(g)  2Fe(l) + 3CO2(g)
2 Calcium carbonate  calcium oxide + carbon dioxide 5 .C(s) + CO2(g)  2CO(g)
3 carbon + carbon dioxide  carbon monoxide 2 .CaO(s) + SiO2(s)  CaSiO3(l)
4 Iron oxide + carbon monoxide  iron + carbon dioxide 1 .C(s) + O2(g)  CO2(g)
5 calcium oxide + silicon dioxide  calcium silicate 3 .CaCO3(s)  CaO(s) + CO2(g)

4. Coke can react with iron oxide to produce iron. However, something else actually reacts with iron
oxide to produce iron in the blast furnace. What substance is this?

5. The two reactions involving calcium oxide help to purify the iron.
a) Which raw material does the calcium oxide come from?
b) The common name for silicon dioxide is sand; the common name for calcium silicate is slag.
Explain how limestone purifies the iron.

6. There is a lot of clever chemistry in the Blast Furnace. Very little is wasted.
a) What is some of the waste gas used for?
b) What can the waste slag be used for?

7. Read the information in the box, then answer the question below.
 oxidation reaction: a chemical reacts with oxygen.
 thermal decomposition reaction: one chemical breaks down into two or more new chemicals.
 competition reaction: one substance pushes out (displaces) another from its compound.

Look at your answers to Question 3. Three of the five reactions fit the descriptions in the box.
a) Write down the oxidation reaction (this produces heat, too).
b) Write down the thermal decomposition reaction (this needs heat to work).
c) Write down the competition reaction.

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