Name: | Carbon Monoxide |
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PubChem Compound ID: | 281 |
Description: | Carbon monoxide (CO). A poisonous colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. It combines with hemoglobin to form carboxyhemoglobin, which has no oxygen carrying capacity. The resultant oxygen deprivation causes headache, dizziness, decreased pulse and respiratory rates, unconsciousness, and death. (From Merck Index, 11th ed) |
Molecular formula: | CO |
Molecular weight: | 28.0101 g/mol |
Synonyms: |
Carbon monoxide 10% by volume or more; Carbon oxide; Carbonic oxide; NA9202; carbon monooxide; carbon(II) oxide; 18421-60-8; Bound To Distal Side Of Heme; Bound Carbon Monoxide; 153929-54-5.
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