The research was published in ACS Energy Letters. Last year, UO chemist Paul Kempler and his team reported a way to create ...

Chemists are pioneering a clean, electrochemical method to make iron, a key step in decarbonizing the steel industry. Their ...

In this environment, William Kelly devised a new process for refining iron. Kelly’s invention used chemical reactions to remove impurities in molten pig iron, a crude form of iron, and reduce the fuel ...

Incredibly, the reaction between iron and moist air that produces rust ... all involve very fast and extremely exothermic chemical reactions. The first 'reaction' that we tried for our hand ...

Iron oxide, aluminum, and a catalyst are placed in a flowerpot. The reaction is extremely exothermic resulting in molten iron and aluminum dripping into sand below the flowerpot. The demonstration ...

We’re surrounded by metals like iron, silver, copper, gold and magnesium. Most metals go through a chemical reaction when they are combined with other substances, but some metals react more ...

April 14, 2025 expert reaction to the Scunthorpe British Steel factory situation . Scientists comment on the British Steel factory situation. Prof David Dye, Professor of Metallur ...

Scientists at the University of Oregon are working on a greener way to make iron metal—a big step toward cleaning up the steel industry, which is one of the largest sources of carbon pollution ...