What country was Iron discovered?
Iron was “discovered” in prehistory, probably by a couple of cavemen who built a fire on top of an outcropping of hematite. You think I’m pulling your leg. Not. Hematite is iron (III) oxide. In the fire is charcoal, C. You have what you need to turn the iron ore into iron metal. 2Fe2O3 + 3C –> 3CO2 + 4Fe Of course it may have taken thousands of years more for the usefulness of this stuff to become obvious.
