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CO in the atmosphere is due to

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incomplete combustion of petorleum fuels
Oxidation of carbon (coke) in metallurigical extraction of METAL
THERMAL power plants
all of the above

SOLUTION :(a) PETROLEUM fuels are combusted incomplete to `CO`.
`C_(x)H_(y)+((2x+y)/(4))O_(2) rarr xCO+y/2 H_(2)O`
(b) `ZnO+C overset(Delta)(rarr) Zn+CO`
(c ) `underset(coal)+1/2 O_(2) rarr CO`.


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