Key term for OCR GCSE Chemistry B, used in Metal extraction and reactivity.
The process of extracting a metal from its ore by heating it to a high temperature, typically with a reducing agent like carbon.
Smelting appears in OCR GCSE Chemistry B revision content for Chemicals of the natural environment, especially Metal extraction and reactivity and Biological metal extraction.
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