please tell the reaction of carbon monoxide (word reaction)
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carbon monoxide is a component ofcomets. Halley's Comet is about 15% carbon monoxide. At room temperature and at atmospheric pressure carbon monoxide is actually only metastable (seeBoudouard reaction) and the same is true at low temperatures where CO and CO
2 are solid, but nevertheless it can exist for billions of years in comets. However, there is very little CO in the atmosphere of Pluto, which seems to have been formed from comets. This may be because there is (or was) liquid water inside Pluto. Carbon monoxide can react with water to form carbon dioxide and hydrogen:
CO + H2O → H
2 + CO
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This is called the water-gas shift reactionwhen occurring in the gas phase, but it can also take place (very slowly) in aqueous solution. If the hydrogen partial pressure is high enough (for instance in an underground sea), formic acid will be formed:
CO + H2O → HCOOH
These reactions can take place in only a few million years even at temperatures such as found at Pluto.
2 are solid, but nevertheless it can exist for billions of years in comets. However, there is very little CO in the atmosphere of Pluto, which seems to have been formed from comets. This may be because there is (or was) liquid water inside Pluto. Carbon monoxide can react with water to form carbon dioxide and hydrogen:
CO + H2O → H
2 + CO
2
This is called the water-gas shift reactionwhen occurring in the gas phase, but it can also take place (very slowly) in aqueous solution. If the hydrogen partial pressure is high enough (for instance in an underground sea), formic acid will be formed:
CO + H2O → HCOOH
These reactions can take place in only a few million years even at temperatures such as found at Pluto.
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