Acetylene can be directly produced by coal pyrolysis in hydrogen plasma. A key factor affecting acetylene yield is whether the residue solid carbon is able to react with hydrogen to form acetylene after volatile matters released from coal powders pyrolyzed in hydrogen plasma. Reactions of carbon in hydrogen plasma are studied in this article. The study showed that solid carbon could hardly react with hydrogen at temperatures below the sublimation point, while sublimated carbon could easily react with hydrogen at temperatures above sublimation point, and mainly acetylene and other hydrocarbons can be obtained after quenching process.