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What is Slag?

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Slag - Glass like compound duced during the extraction of metals (smelting and refining) when the impurities in an ore react with a flux. For example, in blast furnance the flux used is limestone (CaCO3) and the main impurity silica (SiO2). The slag formed in mainly calcium silicate : CaCO3 + SiOCaSiO3 + CO2.
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