In the reactions in a blast furnace what happens to most of the carbon monoxide ?

It reacts with the oxygen in the hot air to form carbon dioxide

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It reacts with carbon to form carbon dioxide

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It reacts with silica and limestone to form the 'slag'

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It combines with the oxygen in the iron oxide ore

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Solution

The correct option is D It combines with the oxygen in the iron oxide ore
It combines with oxygen to form carbon dioxide $O_{2}$ is from $F e_{2} O_{3}$ .
$2 C O + O_{2} \to 2 C O_{2}$

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