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What is the differences between a carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide?
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∙ 13y ago
Carbon dioxide is made up of 1 carbon atom and 2 oxygen atoms.
Carbon monoxide is made up of 1 carbon atom and 1 oxygen atom. Carbon monoxide is flammable whereas carbon dioxide is used to extinguish fires.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 7y agoCarbon dioxide is CO2 consisting of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms. It is a natural product of combustion and respiration.
Carbon monoxide is CO, consisting of one carbon atom and one oxygen atom. It can form as a result of combustion and it is a deadly toxin.
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∙ 14y agoCarbon Monoxide is actually 1 carbon atom with 1 oxygen atom (hence the mono in front of the oxide as mono means one). Carbon Dioxide is 1 carbon atom with 2 oxygen atoms (hence the di in front of the oxide as di means two).
The next substance in that order is Carbon Trioxide which is 1 carbon atom with 3 oxygen atoms (hence the tri because tri means three).....etc...
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∙ 13y agoThe only difference between the 2 is that you breathe out carbon dioxide and plants make that into oxygen. Carbon monoxide, however, is odorless, colorless, and you cant feel it. You need carbon monoxide detectors to detect it. Carbon monoxide is dangerous because you can die from it if you breathe too much of it. If it is in a room, you have to leave as soon as possible. Please improve me if i am wrong.
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∙ 15y agodi=2 mono=1 CO2 (carbon dioxide) is a carbon atom with two oxygen atoms CO (carbon monoxide) is a carbon atom with one oxygen atom
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When you exhale do you breathe out carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide?
of course we breathe out carbon dioxide not carbon monoxide
Does plants change carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide?
plants do not change carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide. they, on the other hand, convert carbon dioxide in to oxygen.
How much carbon monoxide does soda have?
Soda does not have any amounts of carbon monoxide. It has carbon dioxide dissolved in it, but no carbon monoxide.
Which is a colorless odorless pollutant surlfur dioxide carbon monoxide?
Carbon monoxide.
When carbon monoxide and oxygen react carbon dioxide forms?
carbon oxide, though it could be either carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide.
Differentiate between carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide?
Carbon dioxide is CO2. There is no such chemical as carbon mono dioxide, but carbon monoxide is CO.
When you exhale do you breathe out carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide?
of course we breathe out carbon dioxide not carbon monoxide
What are the differences between carbon and carbon dioxide?
the difference between carbon and carbon dioxide is carbon is just carbon
What is the chemical formula for carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide?
For carbon dioxide, CO2; for carbon monoxide, CO.
How does molecule of carbon monoxide differ from a molecule of carbon dioxide?
Carbon monoxide is CO and carbon dioxide is CO2.
Is carbon dioxide monoxide an element or a compound?
carbon dioxide and monoxide are compounds. they are not elements.
Is carbon monoxide c02?
no that is carbon dioxide,carbon monoxide is CO
Does plants change carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide?
plants do not change carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide. they, on the other hand, convert carbon dioxide in to oxygen.
What is the benefit of a catalytic converter changing carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide?
carbon dioxide can be reused and carbon monoxide cant.
How do carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide differ?
Carbon dioxide is Co2, while carbon monoxide is minus a oxygen atom and is CO. Carbon monoxide is also ten times more toxic than carbon dioxide.
Is carbon monoxide CO2?
No, carbon monoxide is CO. CO2 is carbon dioxide.
Can carbon monoxide detectors detect carbon dioxide?
No. Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are two different substances with different properties.
