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Headache Drowsiness Dizziness Breathlessness 0.0 Collapse & Nausea Blurred Vision Confusion Unconciousness ??? Initial Post Catech When someone is exposed to carbon monoxide gas, a frightening variation on the normal hemoglobin-oxygen interaction occurs. Carbon monoxide "fools" hemoglobin into mistaking it for oxygen because it also bonds to hemoglobin in groups of four, and the equilibrium expression thus becomes: Hb (aq) + 4CO (g) = Hb(CO) 4 (aq). Instead of hemoglobin, what has been produced is called carboxyhemoglobin, which is even redder than hemoglobin. Therefore, one sign of carbon monoxide poisoning is a flushed face. Carbon monoxide in small quantities can cause headaches and dizziness, but larger concentrations can be fatal. Also, The bonds between carbon monoxide and hemoglobin are about 300 times as strong as those between hemoglobin and oxygen. Please do your research then answer these questions: 1- Explain how this is connected to equilibrium and le chatiler's principal. 2- Would K (equilibrium constant) hemoglobin-carbon monoxide reaction be higher or lower than for the hemoglobin-oxygen reaction? Explain 3- How to chemically reverse the effects of the carbon monoxide? write an equation to explain