water gas
a toxic gaseous mixture consisting chiefly of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, prepared from steam and incandescent coke: used as an illuminant, fuel, and in organic synthesis.
Origin of water gas
1- Also called blue gas.
Other words from water gas
- water-gas, adjective
Words Nearby water gas
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How to use water gas in a sentence
water gas is made by placing coke in a vertical cylinder and heating the coke to a red heat.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter BlythIt was subsequently found that the stove was unlighted, and the water gas supply turned on.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter BlythThe mixture of these two gases with the hydrocarburets furnished by the fuel constitutes water gas.
If, therefore, water-gas became generally used, another use for coke would be added to those already referred to (p. 47).
Coal | Raphael MeldolaAnother method gives water gas, by passing steam through heated coal.
Foods and Household Management | Helen Kinne
British Dictionary definitions for water gas
a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide produced by passing steam over hot carbon, used as a fuel and raw material: See also producer gas
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