Will We Run Out Of Breathable Oxygen If We Produce Too Much Carbon Dioxide?
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 11:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Here’s why you might be worried: Burning oil, coal, gas, wood or other organic materials uses molecular oxygen, the O2 we breathe, to break carbon-hydrogen bonds and release energy. This reaction, better known as combustion, also pairs each broken-off, positively charged carbon atom with two negatively charged oxygen atoms, forming carbon dioxide, or CO2. read more
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