if burning gasoline emits carbon monoxide,what will burning kerosene emit?

Question

what I dont understand is if my car is on in my closed garage I die of carcon monoxide ii a short time but if my kerosene blow heater is on I seem to still live

Answer 1

Either substance can be burned in air without producing ANY CO.
And zlav, CO2, not CO, is what replaces air in an indoor burning scenario. Excess CO causes incredible nausea, headaches etc. long before it's fatal. With CO2 you just pass out painlessly and die a while later.

Answer 2

Both will emit the CO and CO2. I believe the difference you are looking at comes from two areas.

1. The amount of fuel being burned to run the engine versus the amount being used in the heater, and how efficient the burning is. That would also vary with the type of engine and how well-tuned it is. CO is something that is tested for at emission testing so some engines will produce a lot more than others.

2. Most garages are fairly small compared to the overall house. Therefore, the CO would build up in this area faster than with your heater burning in a kitchen or den of a 1000 sq ft home or larger.
Most homes are fairly drafty and some air seeps in all the time. A newer super-sealed insulated home would probably be the exception, but even then, some air is always passing through. Again, it just takes longer to raise the level up in a large home than in a relatively small garage.

I'm sure the kerosene heater warns of burning in small, closed areas, especially at night when people may not notice the effects until it was too late.

Answer 3

Burning of any oil based fuels will produce Carbon byproducts. Back in the 70's when the energy crisis was on a lot of people were buying those Kerosene catalytic heaters to warm their house. Instances of CO poisoning rose like crazy.

Answer 4

Burning kerosene lamps indoors produces the following pollutants:

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) causes global warming.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) replaces the oxygen indoors and can be fatal
Nitrogen Oxides and Sulfur Oxides (NOx, SOx) cause lung and eye infections, respiratory problems and cancer. They are also contributors to acid rain and ozone depletion.
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) cause eye, nose and throat infections, kidney and liver afflictions, and are carcinogenic substances that are released into the atmosphere.

Answer 5

kerosene is a more purified combustible, and gasoline contains retardants holding an average of 8 additional carbon molecules to control detonation, by nature carbons balance oxygen, and slows down the combustion process, but has a byproduct of being very toxic for humans, and kerosene is more volatile and produces less oxides of carbon after combustion, but is never the less toxic, and will only take more time to infiltrate and contaminate your body functions.

Answer 6

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Burning any thing makes cardon monoxide.

Answer 7

carbon monoxide