When Oxygen reacts with Hydrocarbons present in the blood?

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When we breath Oxygen ,it enters the blood and Carbon Dioxide and Water vapours are released.

This Oxygen is carried by the blood.

Under what conditions Oxygen reacts with hydrocarbons present in the blood?

What conditions are favourable for the reaction to take place ?

It is well known that when this reaction takes place, heat is liberated since the reaction is exothermic.This helps to maintain body temperature.

But where does excess heat energy goes ?

P.J.LAKHAPATE
plakhapate@rediffmail.com

 

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When we breath Oxygen ,it enters the blood and Carbon Dioxide and Water vapours are released.

This Oxygen is carried by the blood.

Under what conditions Oxygen reacts with hydrocarbons present in the blood?

What conditions are favourable for the reaction to take place ?

It is well known that when this reaction takes place, heat is liberated since the reaction is exothermic.This helps to maintain body temperature.

But where does excess heat energy goes ?

P.J.LAKHAPATE
plakhapate@rediffmail.com

I'm not sure what line of thought you are trying to follow here. :shrug:

To begin with, there are NO hydrocarbons in our blood (unless one is suffering from hydrocarbon poisoning - like benzene in the drinking water). Perhaps you are actually talking about carbohydrates instead? Big difference there!!

As for the 'excess heat', the answer is very simple. It's carried away from the body by thermal radiation, by conduction with the air and by evaporation of perspiration. Also, a great deal is expelled in the form of warm air everytime we exhale.