It's not that carbon monoxide is toxic, but it bonds with haemoglobin in the blood more readily than oxygen does. If your bloodstream is full of carbon monoxide it can't carry oxygen so you asphyxiate and die.
well all i know is that it is a posinus gas which doesn't have enough oxygen in to keep you alive
Your body needs oxygen to live. If you inhale carbon monoxide, your lungs can't inhale it, and you will suffocate to death.
Carbon Monoxide is a dangerous gas, so I am assuming it smells very bad. I have never smelled it, however, or I would be dead!
No. That's what makes carbon dioxide so dangerous: you can't see, smell, or feel it.
of course we breathe out carbon dioxide not carbon monoxide
Soda does not have any amounts of carbon monoxide. It has carbon dioxide dissolved in it, but no carbon monoxide.
The two gases in exhaust fumes that are harmful to humans are carbon monoxide and nitrogen. Nitrogen is not as dangerous as the carbon monoxide, because the atmosphere is about 78% nitrogen.
Sure: Carbon monoxide is dangerous!
It makes it so you can't take in oxygen.
Carbon Monoxide is a dangerous gas, so I am assuming it smells very bad. I have never smelled it, however, or I would be dead!
Yes, carbon monoxide is a poisonous and very dangerous gas.
If the combustion is incomplete, carbon monoxide can be formed. Other than that, if you are in an enclosed space, carbon dioxide could be dangerous. Also, if a fire occurs, that could also be dangerous.
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It is a toxic gas, which is colourless.
Carbon monoxide.
When you breathe it in, carbon monoxide prevents your blood cells from carrying enough oxygen.
Carbon monoxide will replace, and displace, oxygen on hemoglobin. This is why carbon monoxide poisoning is so dangerous as the tissues slowly lose access to oxygen.
Crowcon does have gas detectors that will detect carbon monoxide. The detector will send out a signal to warn your household that there is a dangerous amount of carbon monoxide.
Your red blood cells in the blood stream have a larger attraction for carbon monoxide that they do for oxygen. This means that you can breathe carbon monoxide fine, but later on, it will eventually kill you. The reason it is so dangerous is because people may be breathing without knowing they are, and once they start breathing it, then there is no escape.