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The purpose of smelting an ore is

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a

To oxidize it

b

To reduce it

c

To separate volatile impurities

d

To obtain an alloy 

answer is B.

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The purpose of smelting an ore is to reduce it.
Smelting is a process in which heat is applied to ore to extract a base metal from an ore. Smelting consists of reducible substances which combine with oxidizing elements to free metal.

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