Any car owner knows this. Iron metal is a silvery, lustrous metal which has important magnetic properties. Iron filings salts cause sparks in flames. The picture above shows the result from adding iron filings to a burning mixture of potassium chlorate and sucrose. Do not attempt this reaction unless are a professionally qualified chemist and you have carried out a legally satisfactory hazard assessment.
Isolation Here is a brief summary of the isolation of iron.
It is not normally necessary to make iron in the laboratory as it is available commercially. Small amounts of pure iron can be made through the purification of crude iron with carbon monoxide. 5 is a volatile oily complex which is easily flushed from the reaction vessel leaving the impurities behind. Nearly all iron produced commercially is used in the steel industry and made using a blast furnace. Most chemistry text books cover the blast furnace process.