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Iron metal does not release hydrogen gas with acids?
Iron metal reacts with acids to form iron(II) salts and hydrogen gas. However, iron passivates quickly in the presence of oxygen, forming a protective oxide layer that inhibits the reaction with acids. This passivation inhibits the vigorous release of hydrogen gas often seen with other more reactive metals.
What is oxygen a solid liqid or gas?
Oxygen is a gas.
Colourless odourless gas?
The gas is likely carbon monoxide, which is produced by incomplete combustion of carbon-containing substances. It is toxic to humans and animals because it binds to hemoglobin in the blood and inhibits the transport of oxygen. Detection of carbon monoxide usually requires specialized equipment since it lacks color and smell.
Which is not a compound water carbon dioxide gas silicon dioxide oxygen gas?
Oxygen gas is made up of one substance = oxygen. So oxygen gas is not a compound
What is the product of nitrogen gas and oxygen gas?
The product of nitrogen gas and oxygen gas is nitrogen dioxide (NO2) gas.
Why is some blood bright red?
because of the presence of oxygen gas in the haemoglobin of the red blood cell.
What are the major gases involved in circulation and respiration?
oxygen and carbon dioxide ('O' and 'CO2') . We breath in oxygen and breath out carbon dioxide (the unwanted gas). Oxygen is used is transported through the blood stream (haemoglobin) tis the main gas in circulation.
Can carbon monoxide damage the heart?
Haemoglobin ensures the oxygen carrying property of red blood cells. Usually, four oxygen molecules can reversibly bind with one haemoglobin molecule in red blood cells. Oxygen is thus transported around the body in the circulatory system.Hb + 4O2 ⇌ Hb(O2)4Note: Hb is haemoglobin; Hb(O2)4 is oxyhaemoglobinCarbon monoxide binds very tightly to haemoglobin in red blood cells to form carboxyhaemoglobin, thereby preventing haemoglobin from binding with oxygen to transport oxygen. Therefore carbon monoxide is toxic and can kill people. It does not really "damage the heart" so to speak, but it does prevent the circulatory system from performing its function.Carbon dioxide binds to the red blood cells better than oxygen does, and your body does not get enough oxygen and you suffocate to death.Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas. In high concentrations can be lethal.
How does carbon monoxide behave as a toxic gas?
Carbon monoxide is produced by incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons. Haemoglobin in your blood is not a stable compound, such that it can transport oxygen around your body. What carbon monoxide does is to react with the haemoglobin to form carboxyhaemoglobin, which is a stable compound, and you wouldn't get enough oxygen, which then you die of asphyxiation (if I didn't forget anything).
What kind of gas does the left atrium carry?
The atrium does not carry gas. Blood flows through it. The blood in the left atrium is oxygenated.
How does hemoglobin function in respiration?
Hemoglobin is involved in transport of oxygen (as well as a small amount of CO2). Hemoglobin contains an iron molecule at the center; it is the site of oxygen binding. When we obtain oxygen through respiration, it binds to hemoglobin in the blood and is then transported throughout the body.
Iron metal does not release hydrogen gas with acids?
Iron metal reacts with acids to form iron(II) salts and hydrogen gas. However, iron passivates quickly in the presence of oxygen, forming a protective oxide layer that inhibits the reaction with acids. This passivation inhibits the vigorous release of hydrogen gas often seen with other more reactive metals.
Why hemoglobin is better long distance oxygen transporter than myoglobin?
Both Myoglobin and Haemoglobin binds to oxygen, but they differ in many aspects. Usual site: Myoglobin: muscle tissues Haemoblogin: red blood cells (whole body) Main function: Myoglobin: stores oxygen (in muscle tissues) Haemoglobin: Oxygenation of tissues (whole body) Waste (CO2) collection (whole body) gas exchange (lungs, tissues) Oxygen carrying capacity: Myoglobin: monomeric = one heme prosthetic group, one iron atom Haemoglobin: tetrameric = four heme prosthetic groups, four iron atoms. Structure Myoglobin: secondary and tertiary, no allosteric interaction Haemoglobin: quaternary structure, allosteric interaction, different affinity Affinity to oxygen Myoglobin: Oxidation (Fe2+ → Fe3+) prevents oxygen binding. Haemoglobin: requirement specific affinity: (gradually increasing in the lungs, . gradually decreasing at the tissues) Prefered binding Myoglobin: Carbon monoxide preferred to Oxygen. Haemoglobin: Oxygen, carbon dioxide While in cases of hugely increased demand, myoglobin releases oxygen for metabolism, but, in the long run haemoglobin is more suitable for the purpose.
What takes oxygen into the blood?
Oxygen enters your blood stream in your lungs. Inside your lungs the air pipe branches into smaller pipes which branch a number of times eventually forming 'alveoli'. The great amount of braching increases the surface area so there is more area for oxygen excahnge to occur, making the process more efficient. In the alveoli the capillaries are very close to the surface, so close that the oxygen gas can move across the thin wall into the blood stream. This is facilitated by haemoglobin which attracts and bonds with oxygen molecules.
Is oxygen and gas a mixture?
No. It is an element.Oxygen is a pure gas that is mixed with other gases to produce the atmosphere to support human life. Deep sea divers use a mixture of oxygen and other gases to enable them to dive deep - it is a very important science. Our blood captures the oxygen we breathe in and binds it safely to the transport molecule called haemoglobin.
How the supply of oxygen by red blood cells to other cells in the body is disrupted by smoking?
By smoking you reduce the amount of oxygen carried in the bloodstream because one of the gases generated by the burning of the tobacco is carbon monoxide. This gas combines with the haemoglobin in the red blood cells in the same way that oxygen does. But when this happens the oxygen-carrying power is obviously reduced. This is why carbon monoxide is a poison.
What kind of gas do arteries carry?
arteries carry oxygen This is a trick question ! The answer above is absolutely right in that the arteries transport oxygen to everywhere in the body that might need it. The trick lies in the detail; the oxygen is not transported in the form of a gas. What happens is this. Red blood cells contain a substance called haemoglobin; it's a solid. In the lungs oxygen reacts with this to form oxyhaemoglobin (also a solid). This travels round the arterial system; when a cell needs oxygen it grabs an oxygen atom from a passing red blood cell, at which point haemoglobin reappears in the red cell. The teacher who set this question should be ashamed.
