8S have been studying reactivity of mateals in their latest chemistry topic.
This includes some work on extracting metals from ores so we went to the Ashdown forest to see the Newbridge Iron Site.
The site map provided by the Wealden Iron Group who research Iron making on the forest
Searching for evidence of the blast furnace
Distinctive rock is the waste from the process called slag
The water course that provides power for the bellows and foundary
More evidence of slag
8S archeologists search for more evidence
The power source
All searching hard
And found lots of slag
A close up
You can see the bubbles in this slag where the carbon dioxidde couldn't escape
