Water gas, a mixture of H2 and CO, is an important industrial fuel produced by the reaction of steam with red hot coke, essentially pure carbon: C(s) + H2 O(g) ⟶ CO(g) + H2(g). (a) Assuming that coke has the same enthalpy of formation as graphite, calculate ΔH° for this reaction. (b) Methanol, a liquid fuel that could possibly replace gasoline, can be prepared from water gas and additional hydrogen at high temperature and pressure in the presence of a suitable catalyst: 2H2(g) + CO(g) ⟶ CH3 OH(g). Under the conditions of the reaction, methanol forms as a gas. Calculate ΔH° for this reaction and for the condensation of gaseous methanol to liquid methanol. (c) Calculate the heat of combustion of 1 mole of liquid methanol to H2O(g) and CO2(g).

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Water gas, a mixture of H2 and CO, is an important industrial fuel produced by the reaction of steam with red hot coke, essentially pure carbon:

C(s) + H2 O(g) ⟶ CO(g) + H2(g).

(a) Assuming that coke has the same enthalpy of formation as graphite, calculate ΔH° for this reaction.

(b) Methanol, a liquid fuel that could possibly replace gasoline, can be prepared from water gas and additional hydrogen at high temperature and pressure in the presence of a suitable catalyst: 2H2(g) + CO(g) ⟶ CH3 OH(g).

Under the conditions of the reaction, methanol forms as a gas. Calculate ΔH° for this reaction and for the condensation of gaseous methanol to liquid methanol.

(c) Calculate the heat of combustion of 1 mole of liquid methanol to H2O(g) and CO2(g).

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