Synonyms for carbon monoxide

Grammar : Noun

Définition of carbon monoxide

Origin : 1869, so called because it consists of one carbon and one oxygen atom (as opposed to carbon dioxide, which has two of the latter). An older name for it was carbonic oxide gas.

noun colorless odorless toxic gas

Example sentences :

Water gas is essentially a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.
Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson

Where amounts of carbon monoxide in air from half a per cent.
Extract from : « Poisons: Their Effects and Detection » by Alexander Wynter Blyth

He referred to the carbon monoxide that I knew issued from the top of all blast-furnaces.
Extract from : « Steel » by Charles Rumford Walker

Cases of poisoning by carbon monoxide are both frequent and dangerous.
Extract from : « Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants » by R. E. Mathot

The flames are caused by the burning of carbon monoxide from the oxidation of carbon.
Extract from : « The Iron Puddler » by James J. Davis

The injurious products of this incomplete combustion are carbon monoxide and oil vapors, which are a menace to health.
Extract from : « Artificial Light » by M. Luckiesh

It should be borne in mind that because of the presence of carbon monoxide, producer gas will always be more or less poisonous.
Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out » by Fred T. Hodgson

Carbon monoxide, CO, is found to some extent in volcanic gases.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 » by Various

Now, 'white damp,' or carbon monoxide, is a horse of a different color.
Extract from : « The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

In the case of inhalation of cigarette smoke the danger is from carbon monoxide gas and not from nicotine.
Extract from : « Tobacco Leaves » by W. A. Brennan

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