coal gas
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
- (petrochemistry) The poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking etc and formerly for lighting, prepared by heating coal with steam (gasification); it is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; sometimes synonymous with synthesis gas or town gas.
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (types of gas) coal gas, illuminating gas, natural gas, synthesis gas, town gas, water gas
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Translations[edit]
gas prepared by heating coal with steam
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