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Why is carbon monoxide poisonous ?

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Cgas is highly poisonous because it has the ability to form a stable complex with haemoglo bin.
`underset("haemoglobin")(Hb + CO) to underset("Carboxy haemoglobin (stable complex)")(Hb-CO)`
Carboxy haemoglobin is 300 times more stable than oxyhaemoglobin.
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