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Coal gas
Meaning
Noun
●
In Petrochemistry:
The
poisonous
gas
, used
domestically
for
cooking
etc and formerly for
lighting
,
prepared
by
heating
coal
with
steam
; it is a
mixture
of
hydrogen
and
carbon monoxide
; sometimes
synonymous
with
synthesis gas
or
town
gas
.
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