What is the product of reacting white hot carbon and water?

Question

What is the product of reacting white hot carbon and water?

Answer 1

it's called the "coal reaction" by some

"coal gasification by others

"... involves alternating blasts of steam and either air or oxygen through a bed of white-hot coal"

C(s) + H2O(g) -->  CO(g) + H2(g)    Ho = 131.3 kJ/molrxn  

the mixture of  CO(g) + H2(g) is called "water gas"

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