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    Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen and helium. It was discovered in 1774 by Joseph Priestley and Carl W. Scheele through experiments heating various compounds. The name oxygen was coined by Antoine Lavoisier in 1777 from Greek roots meaning "acid-former". Oxygen makes up 46% of the Earth's crust by weight and is vital for respiration in plants and animals. It has many industrial uses including steel production, welding, and rocket fuel.

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    Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen and helium. It was discovered in 1774 by Joseph Priestley and Carl W. Scheele through experiments heating various compounds. The name oxygen was coined by Antoine Lavoisier in 1777 from Greek roots meaning "acid-former". Oxygen makes up 46% of the Earth's crust by weight and is vital for respiration in plants and animals. It has many industrial uses including steel production, welding, and rocket fuel.

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    Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen and helium. It was discovered in 1774 by Joseph Priestley and Carl W. Scheele through experiments heating various compounds. The name oxygen was coined by Antoine Lavoisier in 1777 from Greek roots meaning "acid-former". Oxygen makes up 46% of the Earth's crust by weight and is vital for respiration in plants and animals. It has many industrial uses including steel production, welding, and rocket fuel.

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    Uses of Oxygen

    discredit the then-popular phlogiston


    theory of combustion and
    corrosion. Its name derives from the Greek roots oxys,
    "acid", literally "sharp", referring to the sour
    taste of acids and - -genes, "producer", literally
    "begetter", because at the time of naming, it was mistakenly
    thought that all acids required oxygen in their composition.

    The major commercial use of oxygen is in steel production.


    Carbon impurities are removed from steel by reaction with
    oxygen to form carbon dioxide gas.
    Oxygen is also used in oxyacetylene welding, as an oxidant
    for rocket fuel, and in methanol and ethylene oxide
    production.

    Simbol, atomic number and atomic mass.

    Plants and animals rely on oxygen for respiration.


    Pure oxygen is frequently used to help breathing in patients
    with respiratory ailments.

    Sources of information

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen

    http://www.chemicool.com/elements/ox
    ygen.html
    https://www.google.com/search?
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    Oxygen

    Symbol: O
    Name: Oxygen
    The name oxygen was coined in 1777 by Antoine
    Lavoisier, whose experiments with oxygen helped to

    Atomic number: 8
    Electrons per shell: 2,6
    Atomic mass: 15.9994 u 0.0004 u

    percent of the mass of Earths oceans is oxygen mainly in


    the form of water.

    Oxygen is a chemical
    element with
    symbol O and atomic number 8.
    By mass, oxygen is the third-most
    abundant element in the
    universe,
    after hydrogen and helium.
    Where it is found and in what form?
    Oxygen was discovered in 1774 by Joseph Priestley in
    England and two years earlier, but unpublished, by
    Carl W. Scheele in Sweden.
    Scheele heated several compounds
    including potassiumnitrate,
    manganese oxide, and mercury oxide and found they
    released a gas which enhanced combustion.
    Priestley heated mercury oxide, focusing sunlight using a
    12-inch burning lens a very large magnifying glass to
    bring the oxide to a high temperature. Priestleys lens was
    smaller than the enormous one used by Antoine Lavoisier in
    his investigation of carbon.
    Totally unexpectedly, the hot mercury oxide yielded a gas
    that made a candle burn five times faster than normal.
    Priestley wrote: But what surprised me more than I can
    well express was that a candle burned in this air with a
    remarkably vigorous flame. I was utterly at a loss how to
    account for it.
    Physical Facts
    Abundance earths crust: 46 % by weight, 60 % by moles
    Abundance solar system: 9,000 ppm by weight, 700 ppm by
    moles
    Oxygen is the most abundant element in the Earths crust,
    accounting for almost half of it by mass. More than half of
    the atoms in the Earths crust are oxygen atoms. About 86

    Physical properties
    Phase

    gas

    Meltingpoint

    54.36 K (218.79 C,
    361.82 F)

    Boilingpoint

    90.188 K
    (182.962 C,
    297.332 F)

    Density at stp (0 C and


    101.325 kPa)

    1.429 g/L

    when liquid, at b.p.

    1.141 g/cm3

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