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Haematite containing silica as the main gangue is smelted with limestone. The flux that actually acts on the gangue, and the slag formed, are respectively

  1. A and
  2. B and
  3. C and
  4. D and

Answer: C

Limestone decomposes () and the basic oxide is the flux that combines with acidic to give the fusible slag . Iron silicate is formed in the copper process, not here, and silica is the impurity, not the flux.
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