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