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Carbon and monoxide
Carbon monoxide is highly toxic, and can cause carbon monoxide poisoning, so it is important to avoid any build-up of the gas in a confined space.
** Carbon monoxide poisoning which inhibits the ability of hemoglobin to release the oxygen bound to it.
Carbon monosulfide ( CS ) unlike carbon monoxide is very unstable.
Carbon monoxide was ( and is ) the reducing agent of choice for smelting.
Carbon monoxide can be lethal at high concentration, usually less than 1000 ppmv.
Carbon monoxide binds with hemoglobin in the blood, forming carboxyhemoglobin, reducing the blood ’ s ability to transport oxygen.
Carbon monoxide can cause atherosclerosis ; the hardening of arteries, and can also trigger heart attacks.
Carbon monoxide binds to iron in an end-on fashion, and is hindered by the presence of the distal histidine, which forces it into a bent conformation.
* Carbon monoxide inhalation, such as from a car exhaust: carbon monoxide has a higher affinity than oxygen to the hemoglobin in the blood's red blood corpuscles, bonding with it tenaciously, and, in the process, displacing oxygen and preventing the blood from transporting oxygen around the body
* Carbon monoxide CO: 27. 0 %
Carbon monoxide ( CO ) is tightly and rapidly bound to hemoglobin in the blood, so the partial pressure of CO in the capillaries is negligible and the second term in the denominator can be ignored.
* Carbon monoxide
* Carbon monoxide monitors ( e. g., at Longannet power station )
Carbon is also classed as an atmophile because it forms very strong multiple bonds with oxygen in carbon monoxide ( slowly oxidised in the atmosphere ) and carbon dioxide.
Carbon monoxide concentration in breath has been shown to be directly correlated with the CO concentration in blood, known as percent carboxyhemoglobin.
* Carbon monoxide poisoning ;
** Carbon monoxide poisoning complicated by cyanide poisoning ;
* Carbon monoxide poisoning
Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are common poisons in breathing gases.
Carbon monoxide poisoning occurs after enough inhalation of carbon monoxide ( CO ).
Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas, but, being colorless, odorless, tasteless, and initially non-irritating, it is very difficult for people to detect.

Carbon and molecular
Carbon stars also show a rich spectrum of molecular lines at millimeter wavelengths and submillimeter wavelengths.
Carbon nanotubes have been used to sense ionization of gaseous molecules while nanotubes made out of titanium have been employed to detect atmospheric concentrations of hydrogen at the molecular level.
The Hydrogen / Carbon percentage or molecular markers such as benzenepolycarboxylic acid, are therefore used as a second level of identification.
These frequencies are useful for detecting many molecular gases, including the second most abundant molecule in the universe, Carbon Monoxide ( CO ).

Carbon and formula
Carbon Dioxide ( chemical formula CO < sub > 2 </ sub >) is also used as a coolant.
Carbon Dioxide ( chemical formula is CO < sub > 2 </ sub >)-is used as a coolant replacement for cutting fluids.
The overall productivity of a system can be found in an equation where the Net Primary Production, or NPP, is equal to the Gross Primary Production, or GPP, minus the Carbon respiration, or R. The formula is the NPP = GPP-R ..

Carbon and toxic
Carbon generally has low toxicity to almost all life on Earth ; however, to some creatures it can still be toxic – for instance, carbon nanoparticles are a deadly toxins to Drosophila.
* Carbon tetrachloride — Highly toxic.
# Granular Activated Carbon filtering: a form of activated carbon with a high surface area, adsorbs many compounds including many toxic compounds.
Monomethylhydrazine | MMH ( Carbon | C Hydrogen | H < sub > 3 </ sub > Nitrogen | N < sub > 2 </ sub > Hydrogen | H < sub > 3 </ sub >), a toxic metabolite
Carbon monoxide is toxic to all aerobic forms of life.
Monomethylhydrazine | MMH ( Carbon | C Hydrogen | H < sub > 3 </ sub > Nitrogen | N < sub > 2 </ sub > Hydrogen | H < sub > 3 </ sub >), a toxic metabolite
Carbon dioxide is non-flammable, non-ozone depleting, has a global warming potential of 1, but is toxic and potentially lethal in concentrations above 5 % by volume.

Carbon and gas
* 1986 – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1, 800 people within a 20-kilometer range.
* Carbon process management, corporate greenhouse gas abatement
Carbon neutral fuel is synthetic fuel — such as methane, gasoline, diesel fuel or jet fuel — produced from renewable or nuclear energy used to hydrogenate waste carbon dioxide recycled from power plant flue exhaust gas or derived from carbonic acid in seawater .< ref name = MacDowell2010 > ( Review.
Carbon neutral fuels have been proposed for distributed storage for renewable energy, minimizing problems of wind and solar intermittency, and enabling transmission of wind, water, and solar power through existing natural gas pipelines.
Carbon neutral and negative fuels can store and transport renewable energy through existing natural gas pipelines and be used with existing transportation infrastructure, displacing fossil fuels, and reducing greenhouse gases.
This includes natural resources consumption tax, greenhouse gas tax ( Carbon tax ), " sulfuric tax ", and others.
Carbon dioxide ( CO < sub > 2 </ sub >) is partly responsible for the greenhouse effect and is the most important human-contributed greenhouse gas.
Carbon County is the second largest natural gas producer in Utah ( after Uintah County ), with 94 billion cubic feet produced in 2008.
Carbon is present in every hydrocarbon fuel ( coal, petroleum, and natural gas ) and is released as carbon dioxide () when they are burnt.
Carbon taxes offer a potentially cost-effective means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
* Carbon Stocks: Carbon emissions from deforestation account for an estimated 20 % of global carbon emissions, so in protecting the worlds carbon stocks greenhouse gas emissions are reduced and longterm land cover change is prevented, which is an effective strategy in the struggle against global warming.
Carbon dioxide is almost entirely nontoxic, it does not persist in clothing or in the environment, and its greenhouse gas potential is lower than that of many organic solvents.
As well as pumping petroleum from an underground well through a borehole, liquid or gas can be pumped into it, for that process, or for underground storage of unwanted substances., e. g. in Carbon capture and storage.
Carbon dioxide is weakly soluble in water, therefore it separates into a gas.
By this measure of success, the adoption of a revenue-neutral Carbon tax at the British Columbia government level, general support for " Cap & Trade " greenhouse gas emission reduction programs, and, the promotion of the Green ( Tax ) Shift by the federal Liberal Party under former leader Stéphane Dion, indicate that Green Party policies are gaining traction in Canada.
Carbon dioxide pressure-temperature phase diagram showing the triple point and Critical point ( thermodynamics ) | critical point of carbon dioxide In the phase diagram to the right, the boundary curve between the liquid and gas regions maps the constraint between temperature and pressure when the single-component system has separated into liquid and gas phases at equilibrium.
Its Carbon Neutral Public Sector Initiative aims to offset the greenhouse gas emissions of an initial group of six governmental agencies by 2012.
In line with the President's global advocacy, Guyana ’ s Low Carbon Development Strategy sets out a national scale, replicable model to protect Guyana ’ s 18 million hectare forest, to address the 17 % of global greenhouse gas emissions that result from deforestation and forest degradation, and re-orient the Guyanese economy onto a long-term “ low deforestation, low carbon, climate resilient trajectory ”.
* Carbon offset, a financial instrument aimed at a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
Carbon block suppressors are similar to gas arrestors ( GDTs ) but with the two electrodes exposed to the air, so their behavior is affected by the surrounding atmosphere, especially the humidity.
Carbon aerogel is made from a resorcinol – formaldehyde aerogel by its pyrolysis in inert gas atmosphere, leaving a matrix of carbon.

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