Is Carbon Monoxide flammable? Is that what causes the flame in enogas (when used in electric furace)?
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19 years ago
Is Carbon Monoxide flammable? Is that what causes the flame in enogas (when used in electric furace)?
Yes. It is used in blast furnance technology.
Michael Dahms
Sorry should have read,
The chemical reaction between carbon and water is the famous 'water gas' reaction in nearly every sophmore chemistry textbook; its product was CO. The reaction was known and named sometime in the 19th century and was practical enough to light the lamps of London of those times.
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