Alchemy: Iron and Steel
Description
An introduction to iron and steel production
Type of Activity
:
group work
Audience
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Teacher
Age Group
:
11 to 18 years
Subjects
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Industrial applicationsEveryday life applications: building/construction materialsMetalsProperties & characteristics of metalsAlloysd-block elements and compoundsd-block/Transition metals and compoundsShaping materialsRedoxMaterials from the lithosphereExtraction & purificationExtracting & purifying elementsBulk chemicals
Credits
:
This resource has been provided by, or developed in partnership with, British Steel. Now part of Tata Steel Europe.
Iron and Steel Introduction
Handout
Duration :  1 pagesIron and Steel video
Video
Duration :  00:05:52 time (hh:mm:ss)Iron and Steel Labelled Blast Furnace
Tutorial
Duration :  1 pagesIron and Steel Unlabelled Blast Furnace
Tutorial
Duration :  1 pagesIron and Steel Labelled BOS Process
Tutorial
Duration :  1 pagesIron and Steel Unlabelled BOS Process
Tutorial
Duration :  1 pagesIron and Steel Aerial View of Plant
Tutorial
Duration :  1 pagesIron and Steel Map
Tutorial
Duration :  1 pagesIron and Steel Teacher Notes
Handout
Duration :  1 pagesIron and Steel Questions
Handout
Duration :  1 pagesIron and Steel Answers
Handout
Duration :  1 pagesIron and Steel Fact File
Handout
Duration :  2 pagesAlchemy homepage
Tutorial
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Follow the link and then select "Iron and Steel" from the left hand navigation menu.
Credits and acknowledgements
The Royal Society of Chemistry thanks the following individuals and organisations for their help in producing the original video clips.
- Anglesey Aluminium, Holyhead: David Frost
- Associated Octel, Ellesmere Port: Chris Lodge, Chris Milliken and Andy Prince
- BOC Gases, Thame: Chris Gill
- BP Chemicals, Wilton Teesside: Robert Neill
- British Steel, Scunthorpe: Gordon Davison
- DuPont, Wilton, Teesside: Peter Jackson
- GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage: Frank Ellis
- Hays Chemical Distribution, St Helens: Joe Marshall
- ICI Chemicals and Polymers, Runcorn: Keith Hancock, David Platt and Stan Povall
- ICI Chemicals and Polymers, Teesside: Paul Brown, Deryck Forrest, Ivor Huskinson and Ian Shannon
- IMI Refiners, Walsall: Peter Guy and Mervyn Owen
- Shell UK, Stanlow, Ellesmere Port: Harold Bardsley