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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Metals

The type of iron obtained from Blast furnace in the extraction of iron is

  1. A Wrought iron
  2. B Pig iron
  3. C Cast iron
  4. D Steel
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(B) Pig iron

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The iron obtained from blast furnance contain about \(4 \%\) carbon and many impurities in smaller amount (e.g., \(\mathrm{S}, \mathrm{P}, \mathrm{Si}, \mathrm{Mn}\) ). This is known as pig iron.