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Define the process smelting. class 8 history​

Answer 1

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Smelting is a form of extractive metallurgy to produce a metal from its ore. Smelting uses heat and a chemical reducing agent to decompose the ore, driving off other elements as gasses or slag and leaving just the metal behind. The reducing agent is commonly a source of carbon such as coke, charcoal, and coal.

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Answer 2

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$\huge\bold\pink{The \: smelting \: process \: melts \: the \: ore, \: usually \: for \: a \: chemical \: change \: to \: separate \: the \: metal, \: thereby \: reducing \: or \: refining \: it. The \: \: smelting \: process \: requires \: lots \: of \: energy \: to \: \: extract \: the \: metal \: from \: the \: other \: elements. \:There \: are \: othe \: r methods \: of \: extraction \: of \: pure \: metals \: from \: their \: ores.}$

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