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A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally pig iron, but also others such as lead or copper. Blast refers to the combustion air being "forced" or supplied above atmospheric pressure. In a blast furnace, fuel, ores, and flux are continuously supplied through the top of the furnace, while a hot blast of air is blown into the lower section of the furnace through a series of pipes called tuyeres, so that the chemical reactions take place throughout the furnace as the material falls downward. The end products are usually molten metal and slag phases tapped from the bottom, and waste gases exiting from the top of the furnace.

Identify the reaction that does not take place in a blast furnace.

2Fe₂O₃ + 3C → 4Fe + 3CO₂

Fe₂O₃ is first reduced to Fe₃O₄ and then to FeO. No direct reaction takes place. This FeO is reduced with carbon to get Fe.