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Alchemy: Iron and Steel

Description

An introduction to iron and steel production

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Type of Activity

group work

Audience

Teacher

Age Group

11 to 18 years

Subjects

Industrial applications Everyday life applications: building/construction materials Metals Properties & characteristics of metals Alloys d-block elements and compounds d-block/Transition metals and compounds Shaping materials Redox Materials from the lithosphere Extraction & purification Extracting & purifying elements Bulk chemicals

Credits

This resource has been provided by, or developed in partnership with, British Steel. Now part of Tata Steel Europe.

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