What is water gas? How will you prepare hydrogen from water gas?
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How is dihydrogen prepared on a commercial scale?Â
How will you prepare hydrogen commercially from hydrocarbons?
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What is understood by ‘water gas shift reaction’? Discuss its use for the preparation of hydrogen.Â
Describe the bulk preparation of hydrogen by an electrolytic method. What is the role of electrolyte in this process?
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How is dihydrogen manufactured by the electrolysis of water?
How is dihydrogen manufactured by Lane's process?
Lane's process consists of two stages:
(i) Oxidation stage: Super -heated steam is passed over iron filings, at 1023-1073 K when dihydrogen is formed.
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(ii) Reduction stage: Iron is regenerated by reducing magnetic oxide with water gas (CO + H2). This reaction is called vivification.
Thus, by passing steam and water gas alternatively over iron, dihydrogen gas can be manufactured from a small quantity of iron.Â
How does dihydrogen react with:
(a) non-metals    (b) metals and     (c) metal oxides?