Commercial production of hydrogen for the manufacture of nitrogenous
fertilisers is done by
(A) Steam reforming of naphtha and cracking of natural gas
(B) Electrolysis of water
(C) Cryogenic separation of hydrogen from coke oven gas
(D) All (A), (B) and (C)

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Answer :

(D) All (A), (B) and (C)

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