carbon monoxide
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Those measurements helped rule out other possibilities, such as a distant background star or a brown dwarf whose atmosphere also contained carbon monoxide.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Scientists are also exploring gold catalysts for applications such as removing carbon monoxide from vehicle exhaust and producing propylene oxide, another widely used industrial chemical.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
State media initially reported four deaths and dozens trapped after levels of carbon monoxide -- a highly toxic, odourless gas -- in the mine were found to have "exceeded limits".
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
A rom-com need not be a sparkling shelf covered with bon-bons, but it shouldn’t be a nauseating cloud of carbon monoxide that makes you want to flee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
There are small traces of nitrogen, water vapor, argon, carbon monoxide and other gases, but the only hydrocarbons or carbohydrates present are there in less than 0.1 parts per million.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
