Sunday, 15 May 2011

5.10 I can recall the problems associated with incomplete combustion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lchtRTDsHSM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKIrbq2pWvw&feature=related

2.       What are the properties of carbon monoxide?
colorless, odorless an poisonous. 
3.       Explain how carbon monoxide is formed
Fuels + Insufficient oxygen à Carbon monoxide + Water + Energy
4.       Explain why carbon monoxide is poisonous
It attaches onto the hemoglobin, which reduces the amount of oxygen it can carry around the body, resulting in a lack of oxygen which would eventually kill you. 

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