Yeah, this freaked me out a bit. I never knew Jared Weaver was a shakespearean actor....

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r296/TheEmrys/harry.jpg

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r296/TheEmrys/baseballsgiving2.jpg

Good lord. *Fixed name

300 word minimum......

Chemical reduction, or smelting, is a form of extractive metallurgy. The main use of smelting is to produce a metal from its ore. This includes iron extraction (for the production of steel) from iron ore, and copper extraction and other base metals from their ores. It makes use of a chemical reducing agent, commonly a fuel that is a source of carbon such as coke, or in earlier times charcoal, to change the oxidation state of the metal ore. The carbon or carbon monoxide derived from it removes oxygen from the ore to leave the metal. The carbon is oxidised, producing carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. As most ores are impure, it is often necessary to use flux, such as limestone to remove the accompanying rock gangue as slag (also called scoria or cinder).