carbon monoxide

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carbon monoxide

A colorless, odorless, highly poisonous gas, CO, formed by the incomplete combustion of carbon or a carbonaceous material, such as gasoline.

carbon monoxide

(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a colourless odourless poisonous flammable gas formed when carbon compounds burn in insufficient air and produced by the action of steam on hot carbon: used as a reducing agent in metallurgy and as a fuel. Formula: CO

carbon monoxide

A colorless, odorless gas formed when a compound containing carbon burns incompletely because there is not enough oxygen. It is present in the exhaust gases of automobile engines and is very poisonous. Chemical formula: CO.

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carbon monoxide - an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon

carbon monoxide gas, CO

monoxide - an oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule

Translations

carbon monoxide n → monossido di carbonio

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