When copper ore is mixed with silica, in a reverberatory furnace copper matte is produced. The copper matte contains ____________.
When the ore is heated in a reverberatory furnace after mixing with silica. In the furnace, iron oxide slags’ of as iron silicate and copper is produced in the form of copper matte.
Copper matte consists of Cu2S and FeS which contains Copper(I) i.e. Cu- and Iron(II) Fe2+.