smelting involves reduction of metal oxide with
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Smelting is used to produce a base metal from its ore. The reducing agent is commonly a source of carbon such as coke, or in earlier times charcoal.
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- The process of producing a metal oxide in its molten state with the help of a suitable flux is the method named smelting calcium carbonate or CaCO3 is the most widely used flux for this purpose Which gets converted to calcium oxide or CaO after this process.
- It is a process in which base metal is produced from its ore.
- As a source for Carbon; Coke or charcoal ( in previous years) were used and as reducing agents.
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