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carbon dioxide

[kahr-buhn dahy-ok-sahyd] / ˈkɑr bən daɪˈɒk saɪd /
NOUN
colorless odorless gas
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Carbon Mapper’s goal is to prevent the equivalent of a billion tons of carbon dioxide every year with a constellation of satellites.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The first known episode involved groundwater rich in carbon dioxide.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

In the case of large, multiple-battery fires, they can burn for days, while releasing toxic gases such as hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen chloride, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

They then dissolved the powdered enamel in phosphoric acid, releasing carbon dioxide gas that contained the isotope bonds they wanted to study.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Lithium hydroxide was used to absorb the carbon dioxide in our exhaled breath.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins




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