Carbonic Oxide: A compound, consisting of one part of carbon and one part of oxygen; it is fatal to animal life.
Carbonic oxide is much more poisonous than carbonic acid.
But how much in addition is owing to carbonic oxide, we can not know, until we know something of the actual amount of this gas in rooms, and as yet we know absolutely nothing definite.
Of the rays emitted by a carbonic oxide flame, carbonic acid absorbs twice as much as olefiant gas.
Such a source is actually found in the flame of carbonic oxide, where hot carbonic acid constitutes the main radiating body.
This blue flame is the flame of carbonic oxide; this transparent gas is carbonic acid gas.
Carbonic oxide is the gas produced by incomplete combustion of coal.
Unlike carbon dioxide, which does harm by shutting off the supply {285} of oxygen, carbonic oxide is actively poisonous.
That is to say, at the time of ignition the chief product of combustion is carbonic oxide, and, unless sufficient air be added to convert the oxide to carbonic acid, a decidedly dangerous product is given off into the room.
The less sufficient the air toward perfect combustion, the smaller the quantity of carbonic acid and the greater the amount of carbonic oxide.
Carbonic oxide is absolutely harmless for the invertebrata which have no blood.
The nitre contains five primes of oxygen, of which three combining with the three of charcoal, will furnish three of carbonic oxide gas, while the remaining two will convert the one prime of sulphur into sulphurous acid gas.
The charcoal should, in particular, not be less than the nitre, as the smallest portion less than the whole atom would be the same as to leave out the whole atom, in which case there would be no carbonic oxide formed.
Thus 1/4 volume of carbonic oxide, an equal volume of marsh gas, two volumes of hydrogen chloride or of ammonia, and six volumes of nitrogen or twelve volumes of air added to one volume of detonating gas, prevent its explosion.
It requires, however, a stronger detonator, and it gives rise to a larger quantity of carbonic oxide gas.
It tends also to prevent the evolution of the poisonous gas, carbonic oxide.
The volume of the gases formed is large, and consists of carbonic acid, carbonic oxide, nitrogen, and water gas.
In practice the gases resulting from the explosion of gun-cotton are-- Carbonic oxide, 28.
I am inclined to refer the effect to carbonic oxide present in the gas, but have not had time to verify the suspicion.
On the other hand, the mixtures of carbonic oxide or olefiant gas, which can do nothing with the platina, are inflamed by the taper, burning well.
Another striking illustration of similar interference may be shown in carbonic oxide; especially if contrasted with carbonic acid.
Carbonic acid comes over, but in small quantity, much carburetted hydrogen, and, towards the end, a considerable proportion of carbonic oxide.
The remainder of the decomposed ether consists of bi-carburetted hydrogen gas, tetrahydric carburet, carbonic oxide gas, and one per cent.
Carbonic oxide is a colorless, tasteless gas, which differs from carbonic acid by being combustible, and by not having any action on lime water.
The peculiar blue lambent flame often observed on the surface of our open fire-places is due to the combustion of carbonic oxide, which has been formed in the way we have just described.
Thus altered, it no longer preserved its affinity for the lime, but made its escape in the gaseous form, constituting the gas now known by the name of carbonic oxide.
The idea thus conceived was applied to carbonic oxide, water ammonia, &c.
The tube is filled with hot mercury--one of the ends being closed by a caoutchouc stopper for the purpose--and a dry mixture of 5 volumes of air and 2 volumes of carbonic oxide is introduced into the bent tube over the mercury.
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