anyone who is an expert in this category pls contact me. By the way i am 13 years old
2006-07-27 06:01:19 · 4 answers · asked by vignes 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
carbon moxoide is only half burned carbon
you can burn it the rest of the way (to carbon dioxide) so it is a fuel
because it is half burned, it isn't a real great fuel
carbon monoxide is not a "smoke", in that it is a completely invisible gas, and smoke is generally fine particulates that result from combustion (carbon monoxide is a another result of combustion and so lots of smokes have carbon monoxide in them)
carbon monoxide, if lots of it is available in one place (not coming out of tailpipes everywhere) and fairly concentrated, is usually more valuable as a syn-gas than it would be as a fuel. A syn-gas is a gas used to synthesize other compounds. I think the coke furnaces of steel mills generate signifcant syngas that is sometimes used in the process for fertilizer manufacture
2006-07-27 06:10:52 · answer #1 · answered by enginerd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theoretically it would be but, it probably wont provide enough energy to lift a rocket because you would need alot of it. The weight of the fuel would make it less efficient that something like liquid oxygen and hydrogen.
2006-07-27 08:55:18 · answer #2 · answered by roger k 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if they could dont you think they would? it too expensive to react the elements to get the CO, rather than to use O2 and H2 which can be extracted from the air by air separation plants and electrolysed
2006-07-27 06:09:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
2006-07-27 08:34:53 · answer #4 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋