Question

Briefly describe how water reacts with the charcoal, stating experimental conditions and write balanced chemical equations for the same.

Answer 1

• Carbon at a very high temperature around 1000^o C reacts with water to form a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen gas which is called water gas.
• The chemical reaction for the same is given below:
• $\mathrm{C}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)+{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}\left(\mathrm{l}\right)\stackrel{{1000}^{\mathrm{o}}\mathrm{C}}{\to }\mathrm{CO}\left(\mathrm{g}\right)+\hspace{0.17em}{\mathrm{H}}_2\left(\mathrm{g}\right)$
• The mixture of carbon monoxide so formed is called water gas.