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In order to refine “blister copper” it is metled in a furnace and is stirred with green logs of wood. The purpose is

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To expel the dissolved gasesd in blister copper

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To bring the impurities to surface and oxidize them

C

To increase the carbon content of copper

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To reduce the metallic oxide impurities with hydrocarbon gases liberated from the wood

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`2CuS+3O_(2)rarr 2Cu_(2)O +2SO_(2)`
`{:3Cu_(2)O+underset(("From green logs of wood"))(CH_(4))rarr6Cu+2H_(2)O+CO:}`
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