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Mark the variety of iron which has highest melting point.

A

Pig iron

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B

Cast iron

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C

Steel

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D

Wrought iron

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Solution

The correct option is B Wrought iron
Wrought iron has the highest melting point, approaching $1540^{o} C$ .
Wrought iron is fibrous in character due to the incidental incorporation within the metal.

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