Question

Write a note on discovery of carbon dioxide.

Answer 1

$\mathbf{Carbon}\mathbf{}\mathbf{dioxide}\mathbf{\left(}{\mathbf{CO}}_{\mathbf{2}}\mathbf{\right)}\mathbf{:}$ One carbon atom and two oxygen atoms make up carbon dioxide, a chemical compound.

• The formula $\left(\mathrm{CO}2\right)$ is often used to refer to it.
• Carbon dioxide is a chemical element that can be found in the atmosphere.
• At room temperature, it is a gas.

Discovery of carbon dioxide:

• $\mathrm{Carbon}\mathrm{dioxide}\left({\mathrm{CO}}_2\right)$ has been present in the atmosphere since the Earth condensed from a ball of hot gases following its formation from the explosion of a huge star about five billion years ago.
• At that time the atmosphere was mainly composed of nitrogen, $\left(\mathrm{CO}2\right)$ and water vapor, which seeped through cracks in the solid surface.
• A very similar composition emerges from volcanic eruptions today.
• As the planet cooled further some of the water vapor condensed out to form oceans and they dissolved a portion of the $\left(\mathrm{CO}2\right)$ but it was still present in the atmosphere in large amounts.