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Is gasoline poisonous

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Yes. Gasoline is very poisonous if consumed. Under no circumstances should you ingest or breathe gasoline.

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What colorless poisonous has is a by-product of gasoline engines?

Carbon Monoxide.


What colorless odorless poisonous gas is a product of gasoline engines?

Carbon monoxide (CO)


Is petrol poison?

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What happens when you drink gasoline?

Gasoline is poisonous for humans to drink. A small amount will not poison you; 1 glass will make you sick enough to have to go to the hospital. The human body cannot digest gasoline, your kidneys and liver will also suffer.


What does unleaded fuel mean?

Gasoline used to contain lead, which is poisonous to just about everything, and can cause damage to some car parts such as catalytic converters. Therefore, it is now illegal to use leaded gasoline, and so all gasoline is unleaded.


How does gasoline kill wasp?

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What are therapeutic effects of gasoline?

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How much octane rating of the gasoline?

There are many different grades of gasoline, each with a different octane rating. Early gasoline had very low octane in many cases, from the 1920s to the 1970s octane rating was improved by adding a highly poisonous chemical called tetraethyl lead and ranged from about 90 to 110 octane, most modern cars can run on 87 octane unleaded (now considered "regular" grade gasoline), "premium" grade gasoline is around 90 to 92 octane unleaded, airplane gasoline is typically 130 octane leaded.


What does the exhaust system on a car do?

It moves the poisonous gas away from the occupants of the car and also provides silencing of the waste gas by passing it through a silencer (Muffler). The exhaust system on modern gasoline engines also includes the catalytic converter to remove some of the poisonous, polluting, gases.


What colorless oderless poisonous gas is a by-product of gasoline engines?

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