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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.
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Why the acid rain and rust is a harmful effects?
ACID RAIN and RUST are harmful because it contains harmful gases like sulphuric acid etc... mainly sulphur gasesbecause of this harmful gases when they reach the atmosphere when it rains it forms acid rain as the harmful gases mix with the atmosphere .This acid rain will affect plants,animals humans and all living organism.The acid mainly occurs at industrial areas because of these harmful gases which are released by the industrial effluents.they are definitely harmful to the atmosphere.
Examples of air pollution?
smoke, exhaust from cars, and other stuff... pretty much anything you can see that isn't air and is in gas form is air pollution
Harmful particles and gases in the air are known as what?
The particles are known as pollution, aerosols, or particulates, and the harmful gases might be anthropocentric greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4).
What harmful gases are in Jupiter?
Why would i be able not to live on jupiter?
Where are icebergs melting?
Ice burgs are melting because of us; human beings, we are using cars, buses, trains etc. etc. Where we are using cars and buses there fumes are being put with lots and lots of other chemicals and fumes and gases which is making a dome of greenhouse gases; which are melting the ice burgs !!
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.
Are exhaust fumes explosive?
If Car exhaust fumes are mixed with any other gases it can be explosive.Answer:The exhaust from a combustion process generally have all of the combustible materials used up to form carbon dioxide and water. Neither of these are explosive. Like ashes from a fire (which are not combustible) gases of combustion are not explosive.
What do catalytic converters in automobiles do?
Remove harmful pollutants from the exhaust gases.
What is a catylatic converter?
A device used in vehicle exhaust system to lower exhaust emissions of harmful gases.
Why can you smell fumes when the heater is on?
two things, exhaust has a leak of gases or fuel leak from engine bay
Does heated aluminum give off toxic fumes?
No, aluminum does not give off any toxic fumes that are harmful in anyway. It does not produce gases nor does it vaporize.
What on a car reduces harmful emissions from cars?
The catalytic converter converts harmful chemicals in exhaust gases into less harmful ones using platinum.
Why is there only 0.4 percent of oxygen in the exhaust gases coming out of the car engine?
There is only 0.4 percent of oxygen in the car exhaust gases coming out of a car engine because most of it is used up in the combustion process. Exhaust fumes also contain carbon monoxide.
What is the function of the exhaust?
to take fumes and nasty gases away from the engine and to the outside of the car and to clean up emissions as much as possible.
What is damaging ozone?
Harmful gases released as harmful fumes into the air.(Mainly caused by man.)See "What is causing the depletion of the ozone layer?" in the "Related questions" section below.
State the purpose of the exhaust system?
To route harmful gases to the rear of the car after the catalytic converter has cleaned up the exhaust as much as possible. Also the muffler is used to quite the exhaust.
Why does the tractors have exhaust pump upwards?
tractors are mostly used for agriculture purposes... so, if the exhaust pump is under the vehicle,the exhaust products(fine harmful particles,harmful gases) may damage the crop yield.... so, the tractors are designed manufactured such that the exhaust pump is upwards.....
