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Oh! We are nearly there. You can almost smell copper. Molten Copper Matte is then transferred to a Bessemer converter where it undergoes___reduction

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In the converter, Cu2S is converted to Cu2O and the following happens

Cu2S+2Cu2O3Cu(I)+SO2

Sometimes, due to the blast of hot air in the converter Cu2S is oxidized to CuSO4, which then undergoes:

CuSO4+Cu2S3Cu(I)+2SO2


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