Moon gas

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Moon gas
Brief description fuel
origin

fossil fuel from gasification of

Characteristic components

Typical composition

properties
Physical state gaseous
calorific value

approx. 5 MJ / m³

safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances
no classification available
H and P phrases H: see above
P: see above
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Moon gas is a water - coal gas that was used in the past to produce ammonia and as fuel gas .

This mixed gas is named after its discoverer Ludwig Mond , a British chemist and industrialist of German origin.

In the 19th and 20th centuries it was a widely used and well known coke oven product . The gas was used in coking plants and blast furnaces in the steel industry . The gasification of gas-rich hard coal with air in the presence of excess, superheated cooling water vapor at the lowest possible temperature resulted in a gas with which the temperature in the furnace could be maintained at all times. There was a risk of explosion when burned.

Alternatively, it can be extracted from bituminous shale using water vapor and ammonia.

Moon gas has a high content of hydrogen , carbon monoxide , ammonia and volatile tar and a calorific value of 3.3 to 6.3 MJ / m³ under standard conditions .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Bob Weintraub: Ludwig Mond: Great Chemist-Industrialist, Alfred Mond (Lord Melchett): Great Zionist Leader ( Memento of February 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b gas . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 11 : Franciscans - Gibson . London 1910, p. 492 (English, full text [ Wikisource ] - with images).
  3. ↑ This substance has either not yet been classified with regard to its hazardousness or a reliable and citable source has not yet been found.
  4. ↑ Ludwig Mond. ( Memento of May 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Chemistry