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Concentration, time and human reaction of carbon monoxide poisoning

Aug 24, 2021 Leave a message

When the concentration of carbon monoxide in the air reaches 50 ppm, healthy adults can withstand it for 8 hours


When the concentration of carbon monoxide in the air reaches 200ppm, healthy adults will have slight headache and fatigue after 2-3 hours


When the concentration of carbon monoxide in the air reaches 400ppm, healthy adults have forehead pain within 1-2 hours and life-threatening after 3 hours


When the concentration of carbon monoxide in the air reaches 800ppm, healthy adults will have dizziness, nausea and spasm within 45 minutes, lose consciousness within 2 hours and die within 2-3 hours


When the concentration of carbon monoxide in the air reaches 1600ppm, healthy adults will have headache, dizziness and nausea within 20 minutes and die within 1 hour


When the concentration of carbon monoxide in the air reaches 3200ppm, healthy adults will have headache, dizziness and nausea within 5-10 minutes and die within 25-30 minutes


When the concentration of carbon monoxide in the air reaches 6400ppm, healthy adults will have headache, dizziness and nausea within 1-2 minutes and die within 10-15 minutes


When the concentration of carbon monoxide in the air reaches 12800 ppm, healthy adults die within 1-3 minutes


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