The American Chemical Society, Lyon County Public Library and Murray State University recognized William Kelly's pneumatic process for refining iron as a National Historic Chemical Landmark on May 11, ...

It uses chemical symbols from the periodic table to represent the elements involved. Iron is Fe and oxygen is O. When it’s in the air, oxygen is two atoms joined together, so it’s represented ...

In the blast furnace, it is so hot that carbon monoxide can be used, in place of carbon, to reduce the iron(III) oxide: iron(III) oxide + carbon monoxide → iron + carbon dioxide The blast ...