Chemistry 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078021510
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-151-0

Chapter 5 - Gases - Questions & Problems - Page 222: 5.128

Answer

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Work Step by Step

We know that the low atmospheric pressure causes harmful gases like $(CO,CH_4,CO_2)$ to flow out of the mine, which in turns causes the man to lack oxygen and ultimately suffocate from lack of oxygen.
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