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Q. When a mixture of air and steam is passed over red hot coke, the outgoing gas is:

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Solution:

When air is passed over red hot coke, producer gas is produced.
$2C + O_{2} + N_{2} \xrightarrow{\Delta}2CO + N_{2}$
Producer gas is essentially a mixture of CO and $N_{2}$