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level: Smelting

Questions and Answers List

Question	Answer
ripping apart a molecule that contains metals	smelting
the process of converting something into its liquid form	melting
used to heat materials to high temperatures in order to separate elements	fuel
used to decompose ores and to "drive off" other elements so that only the metal remains	reducing agent
benefits of aluminum	low weight, high strength, good formability, high corrosion resistance
what are the main energy sources that are used to power smelting	coal, hydro, natural gas, and nuclear
Melt metals to ---- C for efficient smelting, ---- C for excellent smelting and ---- C for amazing smelting	1200, 1300, 1500
By product of smelting ores that is usually found on the top of isolated element	slag
-any substance used in smelting to promote fluidity (silica, fluorite, lime, borax). it lowers the melting point of all other materials in crucible - the acidic version of this is used to remove earthly impurities -basic version is used to remove acidic impurities	flux