Monday, November 15, 2010

Week 12 Question of the Week

Most people think that all the effects of carbon monoxide are undesirable; however, the gas does have some useful applications.  Discuss one useful purpose for this "killer gas.".  Three sentence minimum for your response.

34 comments:

  1. Cody T
    Carbon monoxide is a deadly gas. It is oderless, and colorless. Even though it is deadly there are useful uses for it. It can be stored to make energy.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Amanda B - Research has shown that the often called "Silent Killer" is also a medical treatment. Research is now beginning in people, who are givin the gas at very low concentration. Carbon Monxide essentially suffocates the red blood cells

    ReplyDelete
  3. Eric C.
    Carbon monoxide is used to maintain the redness of meat. It combines with myoglbin to form a bright red pigment. Causing the meat to look more red. This is FDA approved.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Adan R.
    Deadly and odorless Carbon Monoxide sounds like its all bad. But it is actually used for some good things. Carbon Monoxide is used for fuel and as a reducing agent.

    ReplyDelete
  5. ELLIE J TO THE OHNSON SAYS:
    Carbon Monoxide is an odorless, colorless, and extremely deadly gas that actually has a number of uses. Industrial it is used as fuel and a reducing agent. It is also used to seperate metals like iron and nickel and even purify them.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Everyone says Carbon Monoxide is a useless deadly gas. Well those people are wrong because it actually is used for more things then people think. One way to use it is in fuel for a reducing agent.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Barbara W.
    Carbon Monoxide is very dangerous, if it's in a certain environment. But carbon monoxide can be very helpful in the medical feild. It could possibly help treat people with cancer.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Sarah E.
    Carbon Monoxide is usual feared due to its deadly colorless and oderless properties. It is used to convert oxides of metal, which occur in nature,to the pure metallic form. This happens by passing Carobon Monoxide over the hot metal oxides. The oxides from the metal bond with the gas converting the metal to its pure form.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Clara G.
    Many people believe carbon monoxide is a dangerous gas. However, it does have some useful purposes. One of those purposes would be using it to react with ceratin metals such as iron, cobalt, and nickle to form carbonyls.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Sarah R.
    Carbon monoxide is a very important industrial compound. It can be used in the Fischer - Tropsch process. In the process their oxygen derivates for a combination of hydrogen and carbon monoxide.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Anissa E. Carbon monoxide is not only a "killer gas" but an extremely useful substance in fuels, manufacturing, and a metal reducing agent. In the metal reducing agent through the Mond process, metals such as; nickel can be separated by CO2 into a pure nickel substance. It takes away the oxides and leaves the rest.The decomposition is made to produce powder, but usually an existing substrate is coated with nickel through this process.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Carbon monoxide is a very dangerous gas because it can cause headaches or nausea. There are also many good uses for carbon monoxide. For example, it's often used as a fuel for industrial operations.

    ReplyDelete
  13. David B.
    Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless, and a very dangerous gas. Although it is a dangerous gas, there are several useful uses. Carbon monoxide is used as a fuel in industrial operations. Another use for carbon monoxide is that it is also an important reducing agent in the chemical industry.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Though Carbon Monoxide is a vary harmful gas, especially to us humans it has does have some positive usages. Carbon monoxide in industrial use is used as a fuel. Another use of this gas is a reducing agent in the chemical industry.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Amanda Ba
    There are two types of carbon monoxide. THe natural one created in the enviorment and the man made one which is very harmful to humans. There are many things that we use that need carbon monoxide to work. We use man made one to heat our companies and even our homes

    ReplyDelete
  16. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  17. Sheryl J.
    Carbon monoxide is used in packaging systems in the US. It is mainly used with fresh meat products such as beef, pork, and fish to keep them looking fresh. The carbon monoxide combines with myoglobin to form carboxymyoglobin, a bright cherry red pigment

    ReplyDelete
  18. carbon monoxide, or CO2 is a dangerous gas. it can be used as a fuel. it can also be used to oxidize metals.

    ReplyDelete
  19. Britany R
    Carbon Monoxide is known to be a dangerous gas that can kill. The truth is it also can be useful. One way it can be useful is in industries when they use it as fuel.

    ReplyDelete
  20. Kalie K

    Most people think that carbon monoxide is dangerous because it is colorless and odorless. However, it can also be very useful if it's used the correct way. Carbon monoxide can be used to oxodize metals.

    ReplyDelete
  21. Carbon Monoxide is used mostly in the industrys for its energy and its affect as a reducing agent. Its water/gas and producer are used mainly for providing fuel for the operations the industry undergoes. When being used as a reducing agent, Carbon Monoxide, is used to naturally convert the oxide to a pure metal.

    ReplyDelete
  22. Sarah G
    Carbon Moxide is known to be a killer gas. Well its really not, it can be useful in some ways. It can be used in in industries, when used for fuel. Or it can be used fornaturally convert the oxide to a pure metal.

    ReplyDelete
  23. Allie W
    Carbon Monoxide is known by many people to be a harmful gas. However, it can be useful to use in many ways. In industries, it is used as a source of energy, or fuel. It also acts like a reducing agent and is used to convert the naturally occurring oxide of a metal into the pure metal.

    ReplyDelete
  24. carbon monoxide can be used for energy or a reducing agent. it can be used for fuel in industries

    ReplyDelete
  25. Andrea N.
    Carbon monoxide is a compound used frequently in industrial operations. In these operations, it is used widely as a fuel. This gas is also known as an effective reducing agent. As a reducing agent, it is used to convert the naturally occurring oxide of a metal to a pure metal.

    ReplyDelete
  26. Megan F
    Carbon monoxide can be useful in some ways even though it is bad in most cases. It can be used as a fuel resource. Also it can be used as a reducing agent.

    ReplyDelete
  27. Brett S
    Carbon Monoxide can help react with other elements and make new things. It can react with elements such as iron to form carbonlys. Carbonlys are useful in industrial places.

    ReplyDelete
  28. Shane S

    Even though carbon monoxide is most commonly regarded as a deadly gas, it has some practical uses. It is widely used in industry as a fuel. It may also be used as an important reducing agent for chemical industry.

    ReplyDelete
  29. Tiffani G
    Many people believe carbon monoxide is a dangerous gas. Well it is not it has many good purposes and would be using it to react with ceratin metals such as iron, cobalt, and nickle to form carbonyls.

    ReplyDelete
  30. Carbon dioxide is a potentially dangerous gas that has several uses. It is oderless, colorless, and can arise from namy sources including organic decay and automobiles. Uses include being burnt for fuel and also being used to reduce and purify metals in industrial settings.

    ReplyDelete
  31. many people think that carbon monoxide is a dangerous gas that is useless. But it also has some practical uses that some people don't know about. It is a lot of times burnt for fuel and it can also react with other elements such as iron to form carbonyls.

    ReplyDelete
  32. Kristin M.
    Carbon monoxide is naturally produced in our bodies, and is necesary for healing. Doctors have noted that people with more carbon monoxide may be able to heal quicker than those who have a lower ammount. These doctors are even trying to see if they can give it to patients who may need it.

    ReplyDelete
  33. Carbon Monoxide is thought to be a dangerous poinious gas to the general public. For people on the inside carbon monoxide actually has some good uses. One thing that carbon monoxide is used for is fuel in industrial settings. The carbon monoxide is burned to create heat.

    ReplyDelete
  34. Here I spent all this time trying to find three uses and put it into once sentence...dyslexic much?

    Anyway.

    Carbon monoxide is used in science for healing. It has been known to help in cases of heart disease, cancer, and arthritis. Carbon monoxide is also used as a reducing agent, for example with iron oxides, turning them into metallic iron.

    ReplyDelete