What is the role of silica in the copper metallurgy?

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$S i O_{2}$ is used as flux which remove $F e O$ in to slag $F e S i O_{3}$
The reaction involved is,
$F e O + S i O_{2} \to F e S i O_{3} (s l a g)$

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