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Q. The alcohol manufactured from water gas is

Punjab PMETPunjab PMET 2005Alcohols Phenols and Ethers

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Methyl alcohol is manufactured from water gas. In this process, water gas (an equimolar mixture of $CO$ and $H _{2}$ ) is heated with half its volume of hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst.
$\underset{\text{water gas}}{CO +H_2+H_2} A \xrightarrow[{300- 400^{\circ}C}]{CrO_3-ZnO} \underset{\text{Methyl Alcohol(Patart Process)}}{CH_3OH}$