Question

In water-gas shift reaction, hydrogen gas is produced from the reaction of steam with

• A. methane
• B. coke
• C. carbon monoxide
• D. carbon dioxide

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Water-gas shift reaction is
$CO+H_{2}O\stackrel{FeO.C{r}_2{O}_3\text{(Catalyst)}}{\to }+C{O}_2+H_2$
In this reaction, hydrogen gas is produced from the reaction of steam with carbon dioxide