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Carbon monoxide consists of a single carbon atom and a single oxygen atom linked together (CO), and is the product of incomplete combustion of fuel. Most Carbon monoxide is produced when air-to-fuel ratios are too low in the engine during vehicle starting or when the vehicle isnt tuned properly, and at higher altitudes, where thin air reduces the amount of oxygen available for combustion.
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What gases are in car exhaust fumes?
Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide are contained in car exhaust fumes. Carbon Monoxide is a toxic gas that if too much is breathed in, you die.
What is the main gas in car exhaust fumes?
Carbon monoxide
What are the health effects of Carbon Monoxide from car exhaust fumes?
Death...!
Which two gases in exhaust fumes are harmful for humans?
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.
What is the most common inhaled poison?
That would probably be carbon monoxide, which is present in many situations like fires and exhaust fumes.
What is the poisonous gas in cigarette smoke and car exhaust fumes?
Carbon Monoxide
When a catalytic converter removes carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides from exhaust fumes what does it turn them into?
Carbon dioxide and nitrogen.
What are the effects of exhaust fumes on animals?
Exhaust fumes are primarily carbon monoxide. As the gas displaces the oxygen and the animals breathe it in, carbon monoxide poisoning sets in. The effects of this include vomiting, dizziness and nausea, confusion, memory loss and eventually, coma and death.
What do car exhaust fumes contain?
Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxides, water vapor, oxygen, unburnt hydrocarbons,
Can a crack in a car manifold cause health problems?
if it is the exhaust manifold ,yes. if your breathing in those exhaust fumes you can get carbon monoxide poisoning
Will a home carbon monoxide detect carbon monoxide inside a car?
Yes. Keep the windows shut, and also test with the heater on and off, as the heat exchanger be a source of CO from the exhaust fumes.
How does a catalytic converter removes carbon monoxide from car fumes?
It does not remove carbon monoxide.
