Will Soda Lime Removing Carbon Monoxide?

[ss88]

Will Soda Lime remove Carbon monoxide in addition to Carbon dioxide?

 

[Mark Novack]

No it does not, but it can release CO in the presense of certain reactive agents.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Agree, it does not bind carbon monoxide. I do not think release of CO is any concern in an aquarium use. The active agents mentioned above are not going to be present in home or outside air.

 

[ss88]

Thank you for the answer. This is the reason for asking, occasionally my neighbors burn brush and the skimmer intake is outside. Its conceivable that with the correct prevailing wind, a good amount of smoke could be pulled in for a few moments. While I do run soda lime and carbon on the intake reactor as a precaution, how concerned should I be with carbon monoxide?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Thank you for the answer. This is the reason for asking, occasionally my neighbors burn brush and the skimmer intake is outside. Its conceivable that with the correct prevailing wind, a good amount of smoke could be pulled in for a few moments. While I do run soda lime and carbon on the intake reactor as a precaution, how concerned should I be with carbon monoxide?

I do not know how much carbon monoxide might be created in a brush fire, but typically, CO is not a high concern when there is smoke, because the smoke becomes obviously a problem before CO. I've never heard of people warning to be careful around a campfire due to CO.

It is in nonsmoky fires, like a natural gas furnace, that CO can hit you out of the blue.

 

[ss88]

Thank you for the information.