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TL;DR, carbon monoxide suffocates you chemically.
Carbon monoxide is primarily poisonous because it binds to the oxygen carrying hemoglobine molecules easier than oxygen. This means the carbon monoxide recuces blood's ability to carry oxygen from lungs to tissues. It also adversely affects myoglobine and mitochondria from functioning normally.
Carbon monoxide also stays bound to hemoglobine molecules for a relatively long time, before it is supplanted by normal oxygen. In normal atmosphere, the half-life of CO in blood is 320 minutes. Pure oxygen treatment can reduce the half-life to 80 minutes, and hyperbaric oxygen treatment can further reduce the half-life.
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Why is carbon monoxide posionous but carbon dioxide is not?
Yes carbon monoxide is harmful. It is reacting with hemoglobin.
What is abbreviation for carbon monoxide?
The chemical symbol for carbon monoxide is CO.
Does charcoal contain carbon monoxide?
It does not contain carbon monoxide, but it will likely produce carbon monoxide when burned.
What is the symbol for carbon monoxide?
The symbol for carbon monoxide is CO. Carbon monoxide contains one carbon atom (C) and one oxygen atom (O).
What is the chemical formula for the Carbon monoxide (covalent)?
The chemical formula for the carbon monoxide is CO.
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.
Does carbon monoxide have a scent?
carbon monoxide is odourles,colourless and is a gas
Is carbon monoxide CO2?
No, carbon monoxide is CO. CO2 is carbon dioxide.
Can you smell carbon monoxide when it burns?
No. Carbon monoxide is odorless.
What is the common chemical of carbon monoxide?
The chemical formula of carbon monoxide is CO.
A child is born prematurely and experiences severe asthma. Which most likely affected cell differentiation when the child was a developing embryo?
Carbon monoxide
What is an example sentence using the word carbon monoxide?
The family would of died from carbon monoxide poisioning if the alarm did not go off.
