blip - 21-5-2003 at 14:12
Can hydrogen gas catalyze the reaction for making CaC<sub>2</sub>, thereby making it work at a lower temperature?
Original reaction:
CaO + 3C --2200*C--> CaC<sub>2</sub> + CO
Catalyzed reaction:
CaO + 3C --500+*C-w/H<sub>2</sub>--> CaC<sub>2</sub> + CO
Could it work like this?:
CaO(s) + H<sub>2</sub>(g) --> Ca(s) + H<sub>2</sub>O(g)
Ca + 2C --> CaC<sub>2</sub>
H<sub>2</sub>O + C --> H<sub>2</sub> + CO
Marvin - 22-5-2003 at 06:01
Calcium reduces water, not the other ways around, and if free water was present with CaC2, it would hydrolyse it to acetylene. I'm afraid I
think the idea is doomed.