Today in History Today is Wednesday, Aug. 17, the 230th day of 2016. There are 136 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 17, 1807, Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat began heading up the Hudson River on its successful round trip between New York and Albany.
carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide carbon dioxide co2 and carbon monoxide co are sometimes confused they are quite different in their effects on humans carbon dioxide co2 is present in the atmosphere today at 385 parts per million by volume or 0 039 percentarbon monoxide co unlike co2 is a bad poison co is produced by incomplete combustion i e when there isn t enough oxygen to make co2 you get co carbon monoxide binds very strongly to the iron in the hemoglobin in the blood once carbon monoxide attaches it is very difficult to release
Carbon monoxide is a tasteless, colorless, odorless gas found in the fumes of fuels that contain carbon, such as wood, coal and gasoline. Carbon monoxide poisoning is a potentially fatal illness that occurs when people breathe in carbon monoxide. All sorts of sources can release carbon monoxide, including cars, trucks, small gasoline engines (like lawnmowers), stoves, lanterns, furnaces, grills, gas ranges, water heaters and clothes dryers.