Carbon Monoxide

Carbon monoxide, written with the chemical formula CO, occurs as a gas found naturally in the atmosphere as well as created by man. It has a density of 1.161 kg/m3 in gas form at 70ºF, barely less dense than that of air (approximately 1.202 kg/m3 at 70ºF). CO is colorless and odorless, but is flammable and burns in air with a characteristic blue flame, producing carbon dioxide. Carbon monoxide has a …showed first 75 words of 1627 total…

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