OXYGEN

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OXYGEN IN PERIODIC TABLE
 Atomic number: 8
 Group: 6
 Period: 2
 Standard atomic weigh: 15,999
 Melting Point: -218.79°C
 Boiling Point: -182.95°C
CHARACTERISTIC
• is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas
• gas: colorless
• liquid and solid: pale blue
• member of the chalcogen group
• highly reactive non-metal
•  molecular formula is O₂
OXYGEN
• is the third-most abundant element in the universe
• constitutes 20.8% of the Earth's atmosphere
• Important for every living organism
• makes up almost half of the Earth's crust
ISOTOPES
• Naturally occurring oxygen is made of 3 main isotopes:
• ¹⁶O- is a stable isotope of oxygen, having
8 neutrons and 8 protons in its nucleus
• ¹⁷O- is a low-abundance, natural, stable isotope of
oxygen (0.0373% in seawater)
• 18O- used in the radiopharmaceutical industry
 PRODUCTION
• Electrolysis of water-
decomposition of water into
oxygen and hydrogen gas
based on giving an electricity
into the water
• The most common how to make an
oxygen is photo-synthesis- plants
use sunlight to change carbon
dioxide to oxygen
• Can be produced industrially by the
fractional distillation of liquefied air
• Oxygen is needed for the USAGE
reaction that converts
carbon to carbon dioxide gas
in steel working
• Liquid form of oxygen is
used as oxidizing agent for
use in missiles and rockets
• Is needed to produce
energy in things that are
not linked to an electrical
supply on their own-
generators and vehicles-
ships, airplanes and cars
USAGE OF OXYGEN TANKS
• Tanks with decompressed oxygen are used by mountaineers at
high elevations- helps under reduced pressure of O2
• In medicine to treat people with breathing problems
• They are also used as life support for astronauts and scuba divers
 OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
• Oxygen is very reactive
element and it reacts almost
with every other elements
except the noble
gases helium, neon, argon,
and krypton

• H2O- water
• CO2 – carbon dioxide
•  H2O2 - hydrogen peroxide-
the simplest peroxide-
disinfection
 • Creates ozone layer that
protect us from UV lighting
OZONE
• Can be use as disinfection
• Higher concentration on
crossroads
• Trioxide • Can create an acid rain
• Blue gas with typical smell
• We can smell it in the air
after storm
• Much less stable than O2
• breaking down in the lower
atmosphere to O2
 HISTORY
• Discovered by: Joseph Priestley in 1774 and C. W. Scheele
independently in 1772
• C. W. Scheele called it ‘‘ fire air’’, because it was needed for
burning
• The name oxygen comes from the Greek word "oxygenes"
meaning "acid producer“- early chemists though that it’s necessary
for all acids
 THE END
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