Iron ore contains iron oxide - Edexcel - GCSE Chemistry Combined Science - Question 2 - 2018 - Paper 1
Question 2
Iron ore contains iron oxide.
Iron is extracted from iron oxide by heating the oxide with carbon.
(i) In this reaction
A carbon is reduced.
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The correct option is C: iron oxide is reduced. In this process, carbon acts as a reducing agent and helps remove oxygen from iron oxide, thus reducing it to iron.
