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Water gas is a mixture of

A $CO$ and $H X_{2}$
B $CO$ and $N X_{2}$
C $CH X_{4}$ and $H X_{2}$
D $CO X_{2}$ and $H X_{2}$

Answer: A

Water gas is made by passing steam over red-hot coke:

C + H X_{2} O CO + H X_{2}

. It is therefore a mixture of

CO

and

H X_{2}

. The mixture of

CO

and

N X_{2}

is producer gas.

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