The pBlock Elements - Result Question 27
####28. Water gas is produced by
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(a) Passing steam through a red hot coke bed
(b) Saturating hydrogen with moisture
(c) Mixing oxygen and hydrogen in the ratio of $1: 2$
(d) Heating a mixture of $CO_2$ and $CH_4$ in petroleum refineries.
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Solution:
- (a) Water gas is made by blowing steam through the layer of incandescent coal.
$ \underset{\text{ Steam }}{H_2 O}+\underset{\text{ Red hot }}{C} \longrightarrow \underset{\text{ watergas }}{H_2+CO} $
