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How is carbon monoxide converted into carbon dioxide in a catalytic converter?
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∙ 10y ago
Carbon monoxide is very inflammable, so you simply set light to it. It then takes up another oxygen atom and forms the stable molecule CO2. By the way, in the UK before the days of North Sea gas, the gas distributed to homes came from gasworks which used coal to produce it. It was known as town gas and was almost entirely CO. Being very poisonous people would commit suicide by putting their heads into an unlit gas oven. The gas companies used to put something into the gas to make it smell to warn people in case there was a gas leak.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoNormally, this reaction will not, or rarely happen in in nature.
As cars produce carbon monoxide, which is toxic and harmful for the environment, a platinum or palladium catalyst is employed in catalytic converters in cars to speed up the reaction between carbon monoxide and oxygen.
The chemical equation is:
2 CO + O2 --> 2 CO2.
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∙ 11y agocarbon monoxide and carbon dioxide come from combusion. carbon monoxide bear one element of oxgen and carbon dixoide bear two elements of oxgens
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∙ 13y agoYes. Carbon monoxide is in fact flammable and fairly easily reacts with oxygen upon heating.
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∙ 14y agoPass the carbon dioxide over strongly heated charcoal (a form of carbon). It is converted to carbon monoxide
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∙ 10y agoCarbon monoxide is converted into carbon dioxide in a catalytic converter when the hydrogen is removed from the carbon monoxide and becomes a polymeric isomer.
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∙ 11y agoTorsion Wave Energy!
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Where is corbon dioxide produced?
Carbon monoxide is produced in the engine and is one of the three exhaust gasses that result from combustion however if your car has a functioning catalytic converter the carbon monoxide should be transformed into carbon dioxide.
How do catalytic converters reduce pollution?
catalyitic converters reduce pollution by converting carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide which is a less harmful gas
When you exhale do you breathe out carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide?
of course we breathe out carbon dioxide not carbon monoxide
Why does carbon monoxide burn and carbon dioxide does not?
Carbon monoxide binds very tightly to heme; carbon dioxide does not. Carbon dioxide is not poisonous per se, but it's not harmless either; concentrations of carbon dioxide above 20% or so are pretty bad for you even if there's also plenty of oxygen to breathe.
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.
What reaction is catalysed by a catalytic converter?
Oxidation of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. Reduction of nitrogen monoxide back to nitrogen. Oxidation of hydrocarbons to water and carbon dioxide.
When a catalytic converter removes carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides from exhaust fumes what does it turn them into?
Carbon dioxide and nitrogen.
The function of a catalytic converter is to?
Convert unburnt fuel, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides into nitrogen, water, and carbon dioxide.
What is a balanced chemical equation for how a catalytic converter works?
nitrogen monoxide + carbon monoxide --> nitrogen + carbon dioxide the reactions are: carbon monoxide + oxygen --> carbon dioxide nitrogen monoxide --> nitrogen + oxygen
What is purpose of catalytic converter for cars?
It stops the car from emitting harmful gasses by the following reactions: Carbon monoxide and nitrogen monoxide into carbon dioxide and nitrogen gas Unburnt hydrocarbons into carbon dioxide and water
How does a catalytic converter remove carbon monoxide from car engines?
It doesn't remove it. It uses Oxidation to add oxygen to the Carbon Monoxide to turn it into Carbon Dioxide, which isn't as harmful.
How carbon monoxide and unburnt hydrocarbon made into less harmful substance?
Inside a catalytic converter they are combined with oxygen to form carbon dioxide and water.
What kind of gas do cars produce?
Cars produce a kind of poisonous gas known as carbon monoxide but if you have a catalytic converter it converts the carbon monoxide into harmless gas known as carbon dioxide
What is a catalytic convertor?
A catalytic converter are used to reduce car pollution in many countries. They simply turn nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide to nitrogen,carbon dioxide and water vapous (H2O)
Where is corbon dioxide produced?
Carbon monoxide is produced in the engine and is one of the three exhaust gasses that result from combustion however if your car has a functioning catalytic converter the carbon monoxide should be transformed into carbon dioxide.
What and where is a catalytic converter on a car?
It is part of the exhaust system. It can be anywhere between the exhaust manifold and the muffler. It is usually half way between the manifold and the muffler. Some cars have two. The purpose of the converter is to change the carbon monoxide in the exhaust to sulfur dioxide. Carbon monoxide is a greenhouse gas and sulfur dioxide is not.
