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Addition of high proportions of manganeses make steel useful in making rails of railroads, because manganese

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Gives hardness to steel
Helps the formation of oxides of iron
Can remove oxygen and sulphur
Can show highest oxidation state of `+7`

Solution :Maganese (Mn) imparts hardness to steel as well as removes oxygen and sulphur from steel by FORMING SLAG as `MnSiO_(3)`.
`Fe_(2)O_(3)+3Mnrarr2MnO+2Fe`
`MnO+SiO_(2)rarrunderset("(Slag)")(MnSiO_(3))`


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