OXYGEN

PRESENTED BY KAYLA VICTORIA D. PADO

LET’S TALK ABOUT

What is Oxygen?

Name Symbol

Uses
• IT IS A MEMBER OF THE CHALCOGEN
GROUP IN THE PERIODIC TABLE, A
HIGHLY REACTIVE NONMETAL, AND
AN OXIDIZING AGENT THAT
READILY FORMS OXIDES WITH
MOST ELEMENTS AS WELL AS WITH WHAT IS
OTHER COMPOUNDS.
OXYGEN?
• AFTER HYDROGEN AND HELIUM,
OXYGEN IS THE THIRD-MOST
ABUNDANT ELEMENT IN THE
UNIVERSE BY MASS.
 SYMBOL OF
OXYGEN
O IS THE SYMBOL ELEMENT

8 IS THE ATOMIC NUMBER

15.9994 IS THE MASS

NUMBER
 USES OF OXYGEN
• THE GREATEST COMMERCIAL USE OF OXYGEN
GAS IS IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY.
• LARGE QUANTITIES ARE ALSO USED IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF A WIDE RANGE OF
CHEMICALS INCLUDING NITRIC ACID AND
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE.
• IT IS ALSO USED TO MAKE EPOXYETHANE
(ETHYLENE OXIDE), USED AS ANTIFREEZE AND
TO MAKE POLYESTER, AND CHLOROETHENE,
THE PRECURSOR TO PVC.
 THAT’S ALL.
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