Water gas (which is is a mixture of h2 and co) can be made by reacting red hot charcoal (c) with steam (h2o). a. write the balanced equation for this reaction. b. show, how can the obtained water gas itself be used as a fuel (write the balanced reactions of complete combustion of h2 and co).

To balance chemical equations you add coefficients in front of each molecule in such a way that the number of atoms in reactants are equal with the number of the atoms in products.

a) C + H₂O → CO + H₂

the chemical equation is balanced, no need for other coefficients (it is assumed 1 in front of each molecule as a coefficient)

b) Combustion it means that the hydrogen and carbon monoxide will react with oxygen.

2 H₂ + O₂ → 2 H₂O

2 CO + O₂ → 2 CO₂

the correct answer is a

answer:

the reaction is type of combination reaction.

explanation:

on the product side, there are 2 molecules of bonded to fe   which means one atom of fe are combined two molecules of . so, balanced chemical equation becomes :

this reaction follows the reaction type of combination reaction. a combination reaction is defined as chemical reaction in which reactants combines together to form a single product.