2007-03-01 09:17:02 · 4 answers · asked by SEXY_NEVER_LEFT 1 in Environment
Gasoline is mostly (95+%) carbon and hydrogen. As are most fossil fuels. Some gasoline has a little oxygen in it, also.
When burned it combines with the oxygen in the air and forms mostly (95+%) carbon dioxide and hydrogen dioxide, also known as water.
One pound of gasoline makes about 3.4 pounds of carbon dioxide.
2007-03-01 09:46:55 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If gasoline and internal combustion engines were perfect, CO2 and H20 would be the only products coming out of the tailpipe. The carbon and hydrogen in the gas combine with oxygen in the air and form water and carbon dioxide. But burning gas produces other pollutants for a variety of reasons... some of it combines with nitrogen from the air, forming NO2; some of the carbon form only single bonds with oxygen, forming carbon monoxide (CO), plus other impurities in the gas and air cause various other compounds to be formed.
2007-03-01 20:56:50 · answer #2 · answered by Rando 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no its not carbon monoxide, yes CO can be produced as a bi-product of imcomplete combustion but is only present in the atmosphere in trace amounts.
CO2 is a product of almost all combustion processes (as well as some natural processes) - hence the reason for enhanced global warming
2007-03-01 18:21:16 · answer #3 · answered by kt 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's carbon monoxide
2007-03-01 17:25:23 · answer #4 · answered by skwonripken 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋