Submitted by Sturmwolken t3_11337v9 in askscience
JonseyCSGO t1_j8ojcm8 wrote
From the equation you've posted you're reacting magnetite with hydrogen gas directly, and generating water vapor and iron as your end products. It's been ages since I calculated enthalpy, but quick searches say you'll need to put in 150kJ of energy per mole reacted.
Said differently, in boring conditions, wet iron rusts, sometimes into magnetite and if it does so, it will evolve off hydrogen gas.
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