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What harmful effect can carbon monoxide have on the human body?
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∙ 14y ago
Carbon Monoxide is colourless, odourless and tasteless so people who are exposed to it have no idea that they are breathing in a toxic gas until it is too late. It binds very easily to haemoglobin in the red blood cells, which is the substance that oxygen also binds to and this is the method by which most of the oxygen is delivered around the body. Because Carbon Monoxide binds to haemoglobin much more easily than oxygen does, it displaces the oxygen molecules which means that the body tissues do not receive any oxygen - leading to suffocation of the cells. A person who has been exposed to Carbon Monoxide will have a headache, nausea and vomiting. In higher levels, they may become confused and unable to think clearly they may say they have a sensation of pressure in the head or roaring in the ears.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoCarbon monoxide, like oxygen, binds to haemoglobin in the red cells of the blood. Unfortunately it does it better than oxygen, so CO poisoning results in too little oxygen being carried by the blood and reaching the tissues. This causes blue colouring especially of the lips and rapidly leads to unconsciousness and death if the source of CO is not removed and/or oxygen supplied.
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About 75% of a human is water, and about 18% is carbon.
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In general, glucose.
What is the most serious effect of tolerance?
The violation of human rights
Why is carbon monoxide considered to be toxic to human cells?
It is not toxic for cell. Buut it is harmful hemoglobin.
Is carbon monoxide natural or human produced?
Carbon monoxide can be natural by also human produced.
Do briquettes produce carbon monoxide which is harmful 2 human beings?
Yes. Anything organic that burns releases carbon monoxide, except in the rare case that it burns in very high oxygen atmosphere.
Why is incomplete combustion of fuels more harmful to human beings?
Incomplete combustion often produces toxic compounds such as carbon monoxide.
Why is it difficult to detect carbon monoxide?
carbon monoxide is invisibe to the human eye and has no scent. by the time you realse it it in your house...its too late so install a carbon monoxide detector!
Is a natural product of animal and human life?
carbon monoxide
Which of the following compounds of carbon is poisnous to human being on long exposure?
carbon monoxide!!!
Do human need carbon monoxide to survive?
The body makes all the carbon monoxide it needs, which isn't much but it's more than none.
What elements make up carbon monoxide?
Carbon and oxygen : CO. Carbon monoxide is made of one carbon atom and one oxygen atom. Highly reactive within the human bloodstream.
What is the average amount of carbon monoxide a human body needs?
700kg
What is carbon monoxide cycle?
Carbon monoxide is first produced by either human activities involving combustion or a variety of natural processes. From there on, it reacts with oxygen/hydrogen radicals in the atmosphere and become carbon dioxide. The fact that most carbon monoxide will become carbon dioxide when left in the atmosphere long enough can help explain why the carbon monoxide cycle is not taught in school.
Why was the carbon monoxide detector invented?
Carbon monoxide is invisible, odorless, and tasteless; undetectable by any human sense. It is also deadly and it can easily form inside a house. The only way to warn people of the danger is though a carbon monoxide detector.
