Carbon dioxide

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Contents 1 See for 2 Broader Terms 3 Narrower Terms 4 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

See for

CO2

Broader Terms

respiratory gas

Narrower Terms

carbon dioxide fixation, carbon dioxide tension, carbon dioxide transport

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Most commercial carbon dioxide is recovered as a by-product of other processes, such as the production of ethanol by fermentation and the manufacture of ammonia.
• The ad, which despite appearances is not an SNL parody, helpfully reminds us that carbon dioxide is “essential to life” because “we breath it out.
• Melissa Carey Environmental Defense 'CO2 IS NOT A POLLUTANT' Environmentalists accused President Bush on August 28, 2003 of further undermining international efforts to curb global warming with a likely ruling that carbon dioxide is not a pollutant.
• Carbon dioxide is one of the normal products of combustion of carbon or a carbon containing compound when it is burned in a plentiful supply of oxygen or air.
• Carbon dioxide is a colouriess, odourless gas.

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