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No, it is not. Carbon monoxide is produced by the incomplete combustion of petrol in air. Petrol is octane (C8H18), containing no oxygen atoms, whereas carbon monoxide, CO, has an oxygen atom. Complete combustion of octane goes: C8H18 + 12.5(O2 +3.76N2) --> 8CO2 + 9H2O + 47N2 Petrol Air Carbon dioxide Nitrogen Water Thus in a petrol fire with plenty of oxygen, no carbon monoxide is produced. However in a car's cylinder, there is likely to be more fuel and less oxygen than in this idealised combustion situation. There will still be mostly carbon dioxide and water as combustion products, but some of the carbon will partially oxidise carbon to carbon monoxide rather than dioxide. Although CO2 is a greenhouse gas, it is a less immediately dangerous substance than CO, which sticks to your red blood cells tighter than oxygen does - so tightly, in fact, that it won't let go, and the capacity of your blood to carry much-needed oxygen to your cells. Instead of bright red oxyhaemoglobin, CO combines with blood to produce cherry-pink carboxyhaemoglobin. A sign of CO poisoning is a cherry-pink complexion.
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Oxygen is added to an ecosysem by?
Oxygen is given off by plants as they absorb carbon dioxide. It's like how animals breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide, except plants absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen.
Do rotting trees give off methane?
Yes they do give off methane and this is even more harmful than carbon dioxide.
What do plants give off as a waste product but they need carbon dioxide to survive?
When they take in the Carbon Dioxide they release Oxygen, Oxygen is also a byproduct waste of photosynthesis which plants do use.
What burns and gives off water and carbon dioxide?
hydro-carbon fuels
Do humans inhale carbon dioxide?
Humans breathe in whatever happens to be in the air when they breathe in. If there is carbon dioxide then they will breathe it in as well as nitrogen and oxygen. However they only use the oxygen for respiration so they breathe out everything else with extra carbon dioxide.
How do monkeys give off carbon dioxide?
Monkeys give off carbon dioxide when they exhale - the same as humans do!
What is the Empirical formula for carbon dioxide?
Carbon dioxide! We give off carbon dioxide, plants give off oxygen. Its one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms.
What gas does yeast give off?
It gives off carbon dioxide which proves that it respires.
What is it that Plants and animals take in and then give off?
Plants take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen Animals take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide
What does a leaf give out?
It consumes carbon dioxide and lets off oxygen.
Do cells use carbon dioxide?
No. Animal cells use Oxygen and give off carbon dioxide as a waste product. Plant cells use carbon dioxide and give off oxygen.
What gas does baking powder give off?
Carbon dioxide, CO2
What do animals give off?
Carbon dioxide
What does a car give off?
carbon dioxide
Do muscles give off carbon dioxide?
no.
Do animal cells use carbon dioxide?
No. Animal cells use Oxygen and give off carbon dioxide as a waste product. Plant cells use carbon dioxide and give off oxygen.
In total darkness does a plant give off carbon dioxide?
A plant does give off Carbon Dioxide at night when there is not enough light for photosynthesis to occur.
