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Geek / Games Discussion / Re: SCIENCE!!!!!!!!!
« Last post by Sandman[SA] on May 16, 2024, 08:32:17 pm »Holy crap! I had no idea!!
Science is such a wonderful thing. Did you know that while an engine is running, there are typically up to 5 different compounds being produced? CO (Carbon Monoxide) is just one of them. There is also CO2 (Cabon Dioxide), O2 (Oxygen), NOX (Nitrogen Oxide) and NO2 (Nitrogen Dioxide). With a nearly perfectly tuned fuel to air mixture and catalytic converters involved, the dominant compounds coming out of the tail pipe are CO2 and O2. Basically H2O. This is why you will see steam coming out of a tail pipe on a cold day. Gas is a hydrocarbon after all, so it just makes sense.