Chemistry
Hydrogen is manufactured by 'Bosch Process'.
(a) Give the equations with conditions.
(b) How can you obtain hydrogen from a mixture of Hydrogen and carbon monoxide?
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(a) Steam is passed over hot coke (1000°C) in furnaces of a special design, called converters, giving water gas.
The reaction is endothermic.
(b) Water gas i.e., hydrogen and carbon monoxide is mixed with excess steam and passed over heated ferric oxide, which acts as a catalyst and chromic oxide Cr2O3 which acts as a promoter.
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