exhaust gases
Combustion engine byproducts
Exhaust gases are the byproducts expelled from an engine or combustion process—the spent air and fuel mixture pushed out after burning.
In vehicles, exhaust gases exit through the tailpipe and contain pollutants like carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides: Catalytic converters reduce harmful exhaust gases.
The term appears in discussions of emissions standards and air quality.
- scrubbersEquipment removing pollutants
- diesel engineSparkless internal combustion motor
- catalytic converterExhaust detoxification unit
- carbon dioxideRespiration byproduct, photosynthesis fuel
- particulate matterFine airborne solid fragments
respiratory diseases · lung cancer · gasoline engine · internal combustion · engine block · fumes · greenhouse effect · nitrogen oxides · tailpipe · acid rain · smoke · air pollution · soot · emission standards · stench · ozone · hydrocarbons · methane
- air pollutionsmog, air pollution, emissions, air pollutants, pollutants
- exhausttailpipe, muffler, fumes, tailpipe emissions, emissions
- industrial pollutionemissions, air pollution, pollutants, soot, smog
- ship pollutionnitrogen oxides, smokestack emissions, soot, sulfur dioxide, engine emissions
- nitrogen oxidesnitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, nitrous oxide, NO
- turbine enginesgas turbine, turbine, jet engine, turboshaft, turboprop
exhaust gasesclean air
Uncontaminated breathable gas
fresh air · pure air · unpolluted air · mountain air · breathable air