Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Extraction of metals

Extraction of metals — practice question

Impurities present in iron produced in the blast furnace include carbon, phosphorus and silicon. Which of these impurities are driven off from the molten iron as gases when it is converted into steel?

  • Acarbon and phosphorus
  • Bcarbon and silicon
  • Ccarbon only
  • Dphosphorus and silicon

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