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In many industrial processes, calcium carbonate reacts with silica to form slag.

First, the calcium carbonate loses carbon dioxide to give calcium oxide, and this is the species which actually reacts with the silica.
CaCO3
  +  
SiO2
         
CaSiO3
  +  
CO2
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Calcium carbonate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Silicon dioxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Calcium silicate     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carbon dioxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Blast Furnace Reactions
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Industrial Process: Inorganic
Ligand Exchange (Inorganic)

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