207 CARBON MONOXIDE
4. CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL INFORMATION
4.1 CHEMICAL IDENTITY
The chemical identity of carbon monoxide is shown in Table 4-1.
4.2 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Carbon monoxide is a highly poisonous, odorless, colorless, and tasteless gas. It is very flammable in air
over a wide range of concentrations (George 2001) and burns in air with a bright blue flame (O’Neil et al.
2006). It becomes a liquid at 81.62 K (-191.53 °C) and is insoluble in water above 70 °C (George 2001).
The physical and chemical properties of carbon monoxide are shown in Table 4-2.
