Interpretation: The reason that the few iron artifact’s from ancient times survived is to be explained.
Concept introduction: Iron is extracted from its ore through the process of smelting in ancient times.
Answer to Problem 67A
Iron in ancient times is not manufactured by the process of metallurgy. So, it has many impurities in it. Thereby, it is destroyed faster.
Explanation of Solution
In ancient times, iron was extracted from the rocks or its ore by the simple melting process to the form of wrought iron. Thereby removing the impurities present in iron.
While in current times, the extraction of iron is a huge process in the blast furnace, metallurgy. And, it involves the oxidation and reduction process of iron too. So, they have more existence compared to ancient iron.
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