Foundation
Chemistry Foundation
Extraction of Metals
Question

In the manufacture of iron from haematite, limestone is added to act as -

slag     

an oxidising agent

a reducing agent 

flux

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Solution

The substance which converts non fusible matrix into fusible slag is known as flux.