Synonyms for carbon monoxide
| Grammar : Noun |
Définition of carbon monoxide
Origin :- 1869, so called because it consists of one carbon and one oxygen atom (as opposed to carbon dioxide, which has two of the latter). An older name for it was carbonic oxide gas.
- noun colorless odorless toxic gas
- Water gas is essentially a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.
- Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson
- Where amounts of carbon monoxide in air from half a per cent.
- Extract from : « Poisons: Their Effects and Detection » by Alexander Wynter Blyth
- He referred to the carbon monoxide that I knew issued from the top of all blast-furnaces.
- Extract from : « Steel » by Charles Rumford Walker
- Cases of poisoning by carbon monoxide are both frequent and dangerous.
- Extract from : « Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants » by R. E. Mathot
- The flames are caused by the burning of carbon monoxide from the oxidation of carbon.
- Extract from : « The Iron Puddler » by James J. Davis
- The injurious products of this incomplete combustion are carbon monoxide and oil vapors, which are a menace to health.
- Extract from : « Artificial Light » by M. Luckiesh
- It should be borne in mind that because of the presence of carbon monoxide, producer gas will always be more or less poisonous.
- Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out » by Fred T. Hodgson
- Carbon monoxide, CO, is found to some extent in volcanic gases.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 » by Various
- Now, 'white damp,' or carbon monoxide, is a horse of a different color.
- Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
- In the case of inhalation of cigarette smoke the danger is from carbon monoxide gas and not from nicotine.
- Extract from : « Tobacco Leaves » by W. A. Brennan
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