Preferred term
carbon monoxide
Definition
- [GEMET] Colorless, odourless, tasteless, non-corrosive, highly poisonous gas of about the same density as that of air. Very flammable, burning in air with bright blue flame. Although each molecule of CO has one carbon atom and one oxygen atom, it has a shape similar to that of an oxygen molecule (two atoms of oxygen), which is important with regard to it's lethality.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- CO
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
Arabic
- أول أكسيد الكربون
Bulgarian
- Въглероден окис
Croatian
- ugljični monoksid
Czech
- oxid uhelnatý
Danish
- kulmonoxid
Dutch
- koolmonoxide
Estonian
- süsinik[mono]oksiid, vingugaas
Finnish
- hiilimonoksidi
French
- monoxyde de carbone
German
- Kohlenmonoxid
Greek
- μονοξίδιο του άνθρακα
Hungarian
- szénmonoxid
Italian
- monossido di carbonio
Latvian
- oglekļa monoksīds
Lithuanian
- anglis monoksidas
Norwegian
- karbonmonoksid
Polish
- tlenek węgla
Portuguese
- monóxido de carbono
Romanian
- monoxid de carbon
Slovak
- oxid uhoľnatý
Slovenian
- ogljikov monoksid
Spanish
- monóxido de carbono
Swedish
- koloxid
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20809