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What is the difference carbon and carbon monoxide?
Carbon, as an element, is a black solid. Carbon Monoxide is a molecule made up of one carbon and one oxygen atom bound to each other. It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas at normal earth...
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Is carbon monoxide carbon dioxide?
No, it isn't. Carbon monoxide is carbon bonded to one oxygen atom, but carbon dioxide has two oxygen atoms. Unlike carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide is toxic, because it reacts with hemoglobin when...
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What can carbon monoxide do to you?
Carbon monoxide can kill you. Carbon monoxide can cause: tiredness drowsiness headaches giddiness nausea vomiting pains in the chest breathlessness stomach pains erratic behavior visual problems...
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Where is carbon monoxide from?
Carbon monoxide is not created by incomplete combustion. Almost all fuel burning appliances and fires do not burn at 100% efficiency. So some carbon monoxide gas is created. The amount produced is...
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Where can you get carbon monoxide?
A gas supply company like Scott Specialty Gases or Air Products (I'm not certain that these specific companies sell carbon monoxide cylinders, I'm just offering them as example of the sort of places...