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A highly poisonous, odorless, tasteless and colorless gas formed when carbon material burns with restricted access to oxygen. It is toxic by inhalation since it competes with oxygen in binding with the hemoglobin, thereby resulting in diminished availability of oxygen in tissues.
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| carbon monoxide |
CO; odorless, tasteless, highly poisonous gas given off by incomplete combustion of hydrocarbon fuels.
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| carbon monoxide poisoning |
CO bonds with hemoglobin and prevents blood cells from carrying oxygen. This causes oxygen deprivation in the tissues and can even cause death.
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| carbon |
An abundant, naturally occurring element. Often used in place of the word graphite. Graphite is a form of the element carbon. There are four forms of carbon, the others being amorphous carbon (having no definite crystal structure), diamond, and the recently discovered fullerenes (also known as Buckyballs).
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| carbonate |
Minerals, rocks or, sediments composed of one carbon atom and three oxygen atoms (CaCO 3 ), including the minerals calcite, aragonite, and dolomite.
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