Chemistry A-Level
Toxicity of carbon monoxide
What Toxicity of carbon monoxide means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Toxicity of carbon monoxide
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Reference: OCR
Carbon monoxide is colourless, odourless and toxic because it binds to haemoglobin in the blood, reducing oxygen transport.
Topics that use Toxicity of carbon monoxide
- Alkanes (OCR A-Level)
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- Consequences for alkane reactivity
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- Effect of branching on boiling point
- Effect of carbon-chain length on boiling point
- Electron pair repulsion between bonding pairs
- Free rotation about σ-bonds
- Further substitution giving polyhalogenated products
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