Boudouard reaction

The Boudouard equilibrium is by Octave Leopold Boudouard (1872-1923) named equilibrium between carbon dioxide ( CO2) and carbon monoxide ( CO), is adjusted for the reaction with glowing carbon.

High temperatures shift the equilibrium due to the endothermic reaction to the product side (CO), an increase in pressure shifts it to the side of the reactants, as the number of the gaseous molecules decrease thereby. (See principle from the smallest coercion). At room temperature, the conversion speed is immeasurably small: carbon monoxide is metastable.

The reaction is used in the production of generator gas and constitutes an important part of the process of smelting iron ore in a blast furnace