The limestone is added to the iron ore burden of the blast furnace in the amount of ~117kg per tonne of "hot metal" (steelmaker's slang for the liquid iron produced by the blast furnace). This produces the slag of 181kg per tonne of hot metal which contains most of the impurities: 38% SiO2, 36% CaO, 14% MgO, 9% Al2O3, plus minor amounts of other impurities (mostly sulfur).