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KCET · Chemistry · Hydrogen

The composition of water gas is

  1. A \(\mathrm{CO}(g)+\mathrm{N}_2(g)\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{CH}_4(g)\)
  3. C \(\mathrm{CO}(g)+\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}(g)\)
  4. D \(\mathrm{CO}(g)+\mathrm{H}_2(g)\)
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(D) \(\mathrm{CO}(g)+\mathrm{H}_2(g)\)

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Water gas is primarily composed of carbon
monoxide and hydrogen gas i.e. \(\mathrm{CO}(g)+\mathrm{H}_2(g)\). It is a valuable industrial feedstock and used in production of chemicals, fuels and as a reducing agent in metallurgical applications.