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What's the difference between carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide?

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Carbon dioxide has two oxygen while carbon monoxide has 1 oxygen, carbon monoxide is more toxic than carbon dioxide, because the hemoglobin in your blood loves carbon monoxide than oxygen so it binds tightly with it and the hemoglobin will no longer wants oxygen and you will be dizzy because lack of oxygen. read more

CO - carbon monoxide and CO2 - carbon dioxide are often confused. The names sound the same, they both are colorless and odorless gases, and at high concentrations, both can be deadly. The difference is that CO2 is a common, naturally occurring gas required for all plant and animal life. read more

If carbon dioxide is produced by plants and the combustion of organic materials, carbon monoxide is formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels such as gas, coal, oil, and wood used in engines, gas fires, open fires, water heaters, and solid fuel appliances such as wood stoves. read more

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