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In the cooler, upper part of the blast furnace, iron oxides are mainly reduced by

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

Answer: B

Coke burns to which is converted to by hot coke. In the upper zone this gas reduces the ore, e.g. . So carbon monoxide is the reducing agent there.
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