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water gas, colorless poisonous gas that burns with an intensely hot, bluish (nearly colorless) flame. The gas is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen with very small amounts of other gases, e.g., carbon dioxide, and is almost entirely combustible as a result. Water gas is so named because of the use of water (steam) in its preparation. This process involves treating white-hot hard coal or coke with a blast of steam; carbon monoxide and hydrogen are formed. The gas is manufactured in vast quantities for commercial use. It is of much importance in the preparation of hydrogen and as a fuel in the making of steel and in other industrial processes, e.g., the Fischer-Tropsch process Fischer-Tropsch process (fĭsh`ər-trōpsh), method for the synthesis of hydrocarbons and other aliphatic compounds. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The assumption is that none of the gas generated in the area has escaped above the water-gas contact of the basin-centered accumulation, and that the Emery-Starpoint and Ferron sandstones are the major gas reservoirs. The resulting CO is then used in the common water-gas shift reaction to produce pure hydrogen and oxygen. |
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