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Inorganic Chemicals > Gases > Carbon Monoxide
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Inorganic Chemicals > Carbon Compounds, Inorganic > Carbon Monoxide

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Carbon Monoxide  

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Note

  • a poisonous gas; /tox permitted but consider also CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING

Scope note

  • Carbon monoxide (CO). A poisonous colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. It combines with hemoglobin to form carboxyhemoglobin, which has no oxygen carrying capacity. The resultant oxygen deprivation causes headache, dizziness, decreased pulse and respiratory rates, unconsciousness, and death. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)

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