Explain the following industrial uses of hydrogen-
(a) Heat production on combustion
(b) Reaction with vegetable oils in the presence of a catalyst
(a) Heat production on combustion
(b) Reaction with vegetable oils in the presence of a catalyst
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Hydrogen gas (dihydrogen or molecular hydrogen) is highly flammable and will burn in air at a very wide range of concentrations between 4% and 75% by volume.Theenthalpy of combustion is −286 kJ/mol:
2 H2(g) + O2(g) → 2 H2O(l) + 572 kJ (286 kJ/mol)
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Hydrogen gas (dihydrogen or molecular hydrogen) is highly flammable and will burn in air at a very wide range of concentrations between 4% and 75% by volume.Theenthalpy of combustion is −286 kJ/mol:
2 H2(g) + O2(g) → 2 H2O(l) + 572 kJ (286 kJ/mol)