| 单词 | blue water-gas |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue water-gas blue water-gas n. a gas consisting mainly of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, made by passing steam over red-hot coke and burning with a blue flame, used esp. as a source of hydrogen; also called blue gas, water gas. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > organic gases > [noun] > water-gas blue gas1826 water gas1833 blue water-gas1888 1888 Light, Heat & Power 2 Apr. 250/2 For general distribution for domestic uses the mixture is of coal gas and blue water gas. 1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxviii. 468 The ordinary form of water-gas burns with a blue flame and is known as blue water gas; when luminosity is required, oil is sprayed into the fuel with the steam and carburetted water gas is produced. 1944 Gloss. Terms Gas Industry (B.S.I.) 20 Blue water-gas (B.W.G.), gas consisting almost exclusively of carbon monoxide and hydrogen in nearly equal proportions. 2003 N. Petchers Combined Heating, Cooling & Power Handbk. v. 50/2 Passing steam through a hot bed of coke makes blue-water gas. < as lemmas |
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