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    consists of carbon monoxide and remaining ash was used to burn to produce the toxic gas carbon monoxide. Carbon Monoxide is difficult to detect if you are in a large room until there’s a great quantity. It is tasteless, odourless, colourless and is highly toxic to humans at high concentrations. CO is a product of the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbon fuels, for example natural gas. It forms when there is not enough oxygen and here it was used in the prescience of charcoal. The carbon monoxide combines

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    cars has very negative effects on the environment due to what they produce into the atmosphere. Cars create about seventy-five percent of carbon monoxide pollution every year, leading to global warming and climate change. The vehicle exhaust released through carbon monoxide is very harmful to humans and animals. When breathing in a large amount of carbon monoxide it can cause brain injury or be life-threatening. Not only do cars create

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    many websites that index pollution levels across a variety of metrics, like air and water pollution. This particular site measured stats against a static average across the states of ‘100’. There are statistics for air pollution, ozone, lead, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter. Surprisingly enough, while all the stats are near average for the state there is one exception – the lead levels are surprisingly much higher than the average, clocking at an index of 195 compared to the

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    my viewpoint of life. That night, my family and I were ready to go to sleep. My sister Roxana and I went to go upstairs to go to sleep. My Dad had a garage that had his equipment and everything, including this carbon monoxide generator. In the middle of the night, the carbon monoxide generator went off and the toxic gas was starting to spread. When the toxic gas was spreading, you couldn’t tell because it's odorless. That toxic gas was spreading all over Rockville, MD. We lived in a very large

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    you are unable to attend a live collaboration session, this activity will allow you to get credit for the Segment 1 Collaboration Project. Fill out the RED sections of this activity sheet. 1. Detalied explanation of how smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors work. How do smoke detectors work? * The battery applies a voltage to the plates, charging one plate positive and the other plate negative. Alpha particles constantly released by the americium knock electrons off of the atoms in the

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    other health hazards. The major causes of these emissions are non-stoichiometric combustion, dissociation of nitrogen, and impurities in the fuel and air. The emissions of concern are unburnt hydro carbons (HC), oxides of carbon (COX), oxides of nitrogen (NOX), oxides of sulphur (SOX) and solid carbon particulates. It is the dream of engineers and scientists to develop engines and fuels such that very few quantity of harmful emissions are generated, and these could be let into the surroundings without

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    produces carbon dioxide as a result of remaining while incomplete burning produces carbon monoxide as a result of the rest. Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide are gases that are harmful to people’s health and could decrease ozone layer [4] [5]. Exhaust smog is hazardous to people’s health. Exhaust smog is a result of burning fuel oil [6]. Consequently, exhaust smog has possibility to contain carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide gas. These harmful gases affect human respiration. Carbon monoxide makes the

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    This report will compare and contrast the characteristics and roles of nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere and their relation to human activity and health. Three main missions, Ozone Monitoring Instrument, Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere, and Atmosphere Infrared Sounder, pertinent to this study are included. These missions are also compared and contrasted to each other, similar to the two gasses that are the focus of this report. Concerning the gasses, NO2 will be thoroughly

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