
Chemistry in Context
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Chapter 1, Problem 31Q
A headline from the Anchorage Daily News in Alaska (January, 17, 2008): “Family in car overcome by carbon monoxide. Fire department saves five after slide into snow bank.”
- a. If your car is in the snow bank and the engine is running. CO may accumulate inside your car. Normally, however. CO does not accumulate in the car. Explain.
- b. Why didn’t the occupants detect the CO?
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