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What is smelting used for?

Reducing metal to metallic form.

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Why: Most metals occur as oxides or sulfides and are reduced to metallic form by smelting or electrolysis.

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Answer: Reducing metal to metallic form. Most metals occur as oxides or sulfides and are reduced to metallic form by smelting or electrolysis.

  1. Mining en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining
    the metal needs to be reduced to its metallic form
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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