Carbon monoxide is a colorless, tasteless, odorless, flammable, toxic gas. It has very high spreading ability (penetrates ceilings and walls). Based on the question whether carbon monoxide is heavier than air Carbon monoxide is lighter than airTherefore, it rises above the air and accumulates in the room closest to the ceiling. If you are going to use a carbon monoxide sensor, you have to install it at the maximum 10 centimeter away from the ceiling.
Carbon monoxide gas is widely regarded as a silent killer. It has this name because of its tasteless, odorless, colorless, toxic and irritating properties. Generally, fuels containing carbon elements such as gasoline, diesel oil, natural gas, gas oil, wood, coal and tubular gas contain carbon monoxide gas in the smoke when it is burned or when they do not show complete combustion.
Where these fuels containing carbon are used, ventilation systems are required. Carbon monoxide poisoning is very common with exhaust fumes in fires, mines, garages or confined spaces where ventilation is not sufficient. Prolonged inhalation of carbon monoxide poses major problems in terms of human health and even causes death.
Carbon monoxide is mainly inhaled. Carbon monoxide is a respiratory poison. Its toxicity is a result of its high affinity to hemoglobin and hypoxemia resulting from the formation of carboxyhemoglobin.
However, the binding of carbon monoxide to hemoglobin is reversible. The affinity of carbon monoxide to hemoglobin is approximately three hundred times that of oxygen to hemoglobin. Toxicity is primarily a function of CO-Hb formation. This depends on the concentration of carbon monoxide in the inhaled air, the volume inhaled per minute, the duration of exposure and the hemoglobin level. Carbon monoxide does not metabolize and is exhaled.
Carbon monoxide, if inhaled, passes into the blood through the lungs and replaces the oxygen in the blood. Carbon monoxide gas shows 200 times faster binding to hemoglobin, which carries oxygen to tissues in the blood. When oxygen is replaced and decreased by carbon monoxide in the body, tissues become oxygen-free and the brain, heart and other organs become inoperable. The first symptoms are fatigue and fatigue, headache, dizziness, shortness of breath and nausea.
During combustion, the hydrocarbons in the fuel are disintegrated. The hydrogens combine with oxygen in the air and become water vapor. The carbons combine with oxygen and then convert to carbon monoxide, followed by carbon monoxide with oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Carbon monoxide is formed as follows:
- When the combustion air is incomplete (ie when there is no complete combustion)
- When the combustion air is high (in this case the flame cools and the combustion temperature decreases)
If carbon monoxide is present in the smoke and cannot escape the chimney, it will backfire and pose a fatal hazard to human health. For this reason, carbon monoxide measurements should be carried out by authorized laboratories in houses and workplaces.
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