Extraction of iron by the blast furnace process

VC5.1.2.1
Extraction of iron by the blast furnace process
Extraction of iron by the blast furnace process

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Description

Iron does not exist on the Earth as an element, but rather in the form of its oxides and sulphides in iron ore. They are the starting materials for the technical extraction of pig iron in the blast furnace.

The blast furnace operates at 1900 °C in order to smelt iron from iron ore. To attain that temperature, coke (and not coal) is used as fuel, and the fire inside the furnace is fanned with hot air at 1200 °C to 1300 °C degrees. Lime is added as an additional component; it binds contaminants. The blast furnace is fed from the top, so that alternating layers of coke and iron ore are formed. The highest temperature occurs in the lower part of the furnace. The liquid iron, on which the slag floats, collects at the base.
About once every two or three hours, the furnace is "tapped". First the slag is allowed to flow out, and then the glowing yellow pig iron at about 1450 °C. The toxic waste gases (blast furnace gases) rise, are fed into a gas purification system, and heat the supply air for the furnace.
Experiment C5.1.2.1 uses the blast furnace model to demonstrate the reduction of iron ore in a way that is similar to the industrial scale process. Depending on the ore used and the reaction conditions (temperature, air supply, additives), the resulting reaction product is a mixture of different proportions of slag, partially reduced iron ore (Fe3O4) and metallic iron.

Components of equipment sets

1 6615411 Blast furnace model LD
1 664752  8  Mini-compressor, electric LD
1 521551  8  AC/DC power supply 0...24 V/0...10 A LD
1 30002  4  Stand base, V-shaped, small LD
1 30126  4  Stand rod 25 cm, 10 mm Ø LD
1 30109  4  Bosshead S LD
1 30172  4  Universal clamp, 0...120 mm LD
1 667104  8  Cover plate, 50 cm x 50 cm LD
1 665223ET10  4  Connector, T-shaped, 8 mm Ø, 10 pieces LD
1 667180  4  Rubber tubing Ø 7 mm, t = 1,5 mm, l = 1m LD
1 656016  8  Bunsen burner, universal LD
1 667035 Crucible tongs 200 mm LD
1 667176  4  Hofmann tubing clamp, 30 mm LD
1 51015  4  Magnet with bore LD
1 ADAHCB602H Precision Balance, 600 g /0,01g, with USB interface LD
1 661083  4  Wooden turnings, 10 pieces LD
1 6718810  4  Peroxide of iron (haematite), 250 g LD
1 6702020  4  Activated charcoal, granulated, 500 g LD
1 6722490  4  Charcoal, small pieces, 500 g LD
1 665213  4  * Glass stirring rod, 300 mm x 8 mm diam. LD

Articles marked with * are not essential, we do however recommend them to carry out the experiment.

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