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प्रश्न
Why is carbon monoxide called silent killer ?
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उत्तर
Carbon monoxide is produced by burning coal or wood in a limited supply of air. Since the gas is colourless and a barely detectable smell, people do not feel it and it can be proved as a silent killer.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What happens when carbon dioxide is passed through lime water first in small amounts and then in excess ?
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....................... is formed when carbon is burnt in a limited supply of air or oxygen.
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Carbon monoxide is a products of..................combustion.
How is carbon monoxide gas formed?
Explain the reducing action of carbon monoxide.
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State how carbon monoxide finds application in preparation of an alcohol. [Give balanced equations for the same]
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A compound which finds use for a victim of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Give a balanced equation for the following conversion: [In one or two steps]
Lime water [soln. of calcium hydroxide] to calcium bicarbonate.
