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Does carbon monoxide compete with oxygen for the same binding site?
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∙ 13y ago
Yes.
Carbon monoxide combines with haemoglobin to form carboxyhaemoglobin.
This prevents the normal combination of oxygen with haemoglobin, thus depriving cells all round the body of the oxygen they need.
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What happens when oxygen reacts with carbon monoxide?
When carbon monoxide reacts with oxygen carbon dioxide is formed
What effects does carbon monoxide have?
It is an air pollutant which cause environmental and health problems. If carbon monoxide (CO) reaches your bloodstream, it will be stuck with the red blood cells and prevents it from giving oxygen to your rest of your body (you die).
Which is heavier carbon monoxide or oxygen?
Oxygen. Because , mass of carbon monoxide is 28, whereas that of oxygen is 32.
Can carbon monoxide reduced to oxygen?
Carbon monoxide is a reducing agent.
Do all fires produce carbon monoxide?
It depends on how much oxygen there is in the area of where is the fire, If the fire has enough or too much oxygen, there is no carbon monoxide, if there is any lack of oxygen, carbon monoxide is produced.
Which gas binds to hemoglobin more strongly than oxygen?
Carbon monoxide. It has ten times higher binding efficiency to iron in the heme group than oxygen does
Does carbon monoxide bond to hemoglobin more effectively then oxygen does?
Yes - haemoglobin has a higher affinity for carbon monoxide than oxygen. This means that it will bind to carbon monoxide in preference.The binding of carbon monoxide at one site of the haemoglobin increases the affinity for oxygen at the other 3 sites - which may cause problems as the oxygen is not released when it should be.Yes, irreversible while with oxygen reversibleYes, that's why you suffocate if you get stuck in a car with the exhaust coming in. The Carbon Monoxide sticks to your haemoglobin so the oxygen cannot.
What effect does carbon have?
Carbon monoxide binds hemoglobin in blood more tightly than oxygen. This prevents oxygen from binding to blood cells and can cause death due to a lack of oxygen.
Is monoxide a metal?
NO!!! The word 'monoxide' indicates that a substance, NOT an element, has one(1) oxygen in its formula. e.g. Carbon monoxide (CO) or Nitrogen monoxide (NO)
How crbon monoxide cuts down oxygen supply?
Carbon monoxide depletes your oxygen level by binding to the hemoglobin in your red blood cells. Carbon Monoxide binds to hemoglobin about 200 times more strongly than oxygen, so all of the oxygen is pushed out of your bloodstream, and you die from lack of oxygen in your brain if you are exposed to it for long enough.
What happens when oxygen reacts with carbon monoxide?
When carbon monoxide reacts with oxygen carbon dioxide is formed
What effects does carbon monoxide have?
It is an air pollutant which cause environmental and health problems. If carbon monoxide (CO) reaches your bloodstream, it will be stuck with the red blood cells and prevents it from giving oxygen to your rest of your body (you die).
Which is heavier carbon monoxide or oxygen?
Oxygen. Because , mass of carbon monoxide is 28, whereas that of oxygen is 32.
Where do lungs exchange oxygen and carbon monoxide?
The lungs do not exchange oxygen and carbon monoxide. They exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. They do that in the aveoli.
What element is found in Carbon monoxide?
1 x carbon and 1 x oxygen molecule carbon and monoxide monoxide is one oxygen molecule
Can carbon monoxide reduced to oxygen?
Carbon monoxide is a reducing agent.
Does carbon monoxide react on any substance?
Carbon monoxide reacts with oxygen to form carbon dioxide. Carbon monoxide is a reactive ligand forming interesting complexes with transition metals, e.g. Ni(CO)4 which is generated in the Mond process for prifying nickel. CO when inhaled competes with oxygen in binding to hemoglobin in blood, (hemoglobin is an iron(II) coordination compound.) This essentially starves the body of oxygen and is one of the reasons carbon monoxide is so toxic.
