CO2 Effects on the Human Body

We can consider the following table as a general survey of the effects caused by the inhalation of different
concentrations of carbon dioxide:


Concentration Concentration Effect on the human organism
O2 (%) CO2 (%) (CO2 increase)
21 0.03 natural concentration in the air
  0.5 MAK-Value
20.5 2.5 no effect
20.4 3 breathing will be more intense and also deeper, headache, heart palpitations, slower pulse, tension, dizziness, faintness
     
    after ½ to 1 hour: mortal
20.2 4  
20.1 4.5 ½ a 1 hour:(almost) immediately mortal, the higher breathing rate is subjecively noticeable
19.7 6.1  
19.3 8 serious lack of breath, unconsciousness comes fast, followed by death caused by a too high concentration of CO2 in the blood
     
     
18.9 10  
16.8 20 within a few seconds, the central nervous system is paralysed
6 71  

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