<VV> You Got it RIGHT! Re: CO or CO2 ?

[Jim Houston]

I'm not a chemical engineer (and I don't play one on TV), however, CO2 
CAN kill you if the concentration is high enough (anybody see "Apollo 
13"?)...  It just takes a LOT more CO2 to kill you!

Jim Houston

FrankCB at aol.com wrote:
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> Daniel,
>     You passed the course with a perfect grade!   CO and CO2 are as different 
> as night and day and should NOT be confused.   The first will KILL you and 
> the second makes your carbonated drinks enjoyable  and also makes vegetation 
> grow.
>     I spent a good part of my working career designing  and building plants 
> that removed CO2 from natural gas where it acts as a diluent  non-combustible.
>     Regards,
>     Frank "retired chemical engineer" Burkhard
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> In a message dated 6/17/2008 8:35:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
> dmonasterio at megared.net.mx writes:
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> I  start reading on the CO sensors subject several days ago and then it 
> changes  to CO2. Didn´t read all messages at all but, it seems to me like talking 
> about  the same gas with two names. To me CO is a toxic gas while CO2 is what 
> we  exhale in exchange of O2. 
> I think CO2 is not toxic as it is  part of the air (a clean... not poluted 
> air) among with Nitrogen, Oxigen and  some other gases. 
> Am I right or... need to go back to High  School ?
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> Daniel Monasterio
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