Dihydrogen gas used in Haber's process is produced by reacting methane from natural
Channel: Doubtnut
Date: 2020-07-12

Dihydrogen gas used in Haber's process is produced by reacting methane from natural gas with high temperature steam. The first stage of the two `2` stage reaction involves the formation of `CO` and `H_(2)`. In second stage, `CO` formed in first stage is reacted with more steam in water gas shift reaction,  `CO(g)+H_(2)O(g) hArr CO_(2)(g)+H_(2)(g)`  If a reaction vessel at `400^(@)C` is charged with an equimolar mixture of `CO` and steam such that `p_(CO)=p_(H_(2)O)=4.0` bar, what will be the partial pressure of `H_(2)` at equilibrium? `K_(p)=10.1` at `400^(@)C`.