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Iron can be made from iron oxide by heating the iron oxide with?

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A reducing agent like Hydrogen(H₂), Carbon(C), Carbon monoxide(CO) or Ammonia(NH₃)

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How is iron made from iron oxide?
Iron oxide is a chemical compound made of iron ore and oxygen, otherwise known as hematite. I suppose you would smelt this to get the ore and produce iron from it.
Can a compound of iron oxide can be made by heating iron in oxygen?
Yes. This can be seen especially well in the case of steel wool, which can burn in air when heated.
How does iron become iron oxide?
Rust is the common name for a very common compound, iron oxide. Iron oxide, the chemical Fe2O3, is common because iron combines very readily with oxygen -- so readily, in fact, that pure iron is only...
How could you get iron from iron oxide?
Using a blast furnace. Iron ore is poured into a blast furnace which is heated to several thousand degrees Celsius, carbon is added to react with the oxygen and form carbon dioxide, other elements...
What compounds are iron oxide made from?
carbon dioxideIron and Oxide form rust