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water gas

noun

  1. 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.


water gas

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • water-gas adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of water gas1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences

That means there’s a layer of hot water gas up there, not a cooler layer that’d be expected if there’s no stratosphere.

A further new allowance for shallow water gas field developments was announced by the government in July 2012.

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The announcement was spurred by the government's decision to award the gas industry a £500m tax break for shallow water gas fields.

For instance, he gives us as his opinion that a mixed gas is more adapted for all-round purposes than either coal or water gas alone.

But by vaporizing water and weighing the gas so produced, we find that water vapour is nine times heavier than hydrogen: now, 1: 9 = 2: 18, therefore the molecular weight of water gas is 18.

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