General information about Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide was originally documented by Spanish alchemist, Arnold of Villanova in the 1200s. He described carbon monoxide as a poisonous gas created by the burning of wood. It wasn't until the 1770s that John Priestly, a British scientist realized the differences between carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, and carbon monoxide was recognized as an official compound.
Carbon monoxide is a by-product of the combustion of fossil fuels. It can be released by a gas stove, a car engine, a furnace, or by just about anything that creates a flame. Large amounts of carbon monoxide are produced during house-fires, forest-fires and volcanic-eruptions.
Carbon monoxide is a very dangerous gas, and it is very hard to detect as it is colourless and odourless. Many modern buildings are equipped with carbon monoxide detectors to help detect carbon monoxide leakage, or an accumulation of it within a closed environnement.
Continue on this website to learn more about carbon monoxide, the dangers it poses and how it's even created in the first place.
Carbon monoxide is a by-product of the combustion of fossil fuels. It can be released by a gas stove, a car engine, a furnace, or by just about anything that creates a flame. Large amounts of carbon monoxide are produced during house-fires, forest-fires and volcanic-eruptions.
Carbon monoxide is a very dangerous gas, and it is very hard to detect as it is colourless and odourless. Many modern buildings are equipped with carbon monoxide detectors to help detect carbon monoxide leakage, or an accumulation of it within a closed environnement.
Continue on this website to learn more about carbon monoxide, the dangers it poses and how it's even created in the first place.
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