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When the ore haematite is burnt in air with coke around 2000K alongwith lime, the process rot only produces steel but also produces a silicate slag, that is useful in making building materials such as cement. Discuss the same and show through balanced chemical equation.

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Haematite (Fe2O3) on burning with coke and lime at 2000K in blast furnace results in the following :

(i) Upper zone

This reaction occurs in following steps:

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