How was the "Titanic" exploded with domino effect
Jilda, Ivan
Felice Fontana was an Italian physicist who discovered the water gas shift reaction in 1780. Water gas is a combustion fuel containing carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen gas (H2). It is produced when steam is passed over red-hot coke (carbon): H2O + C ¿ H2+ CO (¿H = +131kJ/mol The water gas contains approximately 44%% of CO, 45%% H2, 5%% CO2 and 6%% Nitrogen. Both CO and H2 are flammable gases, and so water gas is used as a fuel. This gas provi...