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
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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England and two years earlier, but unpublished, by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