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carbon monoxide

noun as in colorless odorless toxic gas

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So I thought that I was maybe getting them from carbon monoxide exposure.

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The next most common gases were carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, followed by hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide and some more complex gases that this early version of the experiment didn’t identify.

The fires produce nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and fine particles that can also help to increase ground-level ozone.

If a vehicle tail pipe becomes buried by snow, slush, mud or water, exhaust can back up into the vehicle cabin and cause death from carbon monoxide poisoning.

The heater will produce deadly carbon monoxide gas, so crack windows on both sides to provide ventilation.

His team of engineers set to work on a new device, a combination smoke and carbon-monoxide detector.

For example, research has shown that most carbon-monoxide alarm incidents are triggered by a malfunctioning furnace.

The blood is, however, never saturated with carbon monoxide, for the animal dies long before this takes place.

The detection in air, if the carbon monoxide is in any quantity, is easy enough; but traces of carbon monoxide are difficult.

Such a solution is an absorbent of carbon monoxide; it also absorbs ethylene and acetylene.

A “smoky” chimney or a defective flue will therefore introduce carbon monoxide into living-rooms.

Poisoning by coal gas is practically poisoning by carbon monoxide.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to carbon monoxide, such as: carbon monoxide gas, co, and exhaust fumes.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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