{"id":2943,"date":"2022-04-29T19:30:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T19:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2022-04-29T19:30:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T19:30:08","slug":"oxygen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/29\/oxygen\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxygen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Oxygen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.byjus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/chemistry\/2017\/10\/18071455\/Oxygen_Tile-300x300.png\" alt=\"Oxygen\" class=\"wp-image-15776\" title=\"Oxygen\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Symbol<\/td><td><strong>O<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atomic Number<\/td><td><strong>8<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atomic Mass<\/td><td><strong>15.999 g.mol-1<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Discovered by<\/td><td><strong>Joseph Priestly in 1774<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chemical Properties of Oxygen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Group<\/td><td><strong>16<\/strong><\/td><td>Melting point<\/td><td><strong>-219 \u00b0c<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Period<\/td><td><strong>2<\/strong><\/td><td>Boiling point<\/td><td><strong>-183 \u00b0c<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Block<\/td><td><strong>p<\/strong><\/td><td>Density (g cm\u22123)<\/td><td><strong>0.001308<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atomic number<\/td><td><strong>8<\/strong><\/td><td>Relative atomic mass<\/td><td><strong>15.999<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>State at 20\u00b0C<\/td><td><strong>Gas<\/strong><\/td><td>Key isotopes<\/td><td><strong><sup>16<\/sup><\/strong><strong>O<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Electron configuration<\/td><td><strong>[He]2s<\/strong><sup><strong>2<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/sup><strong>2p<sup>4<\/sup><\/strong><\/td><td>CAS number<\/td><td><strong>7782-44-7<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ChemSpider ID<\/td><td><strong>140526<\/strong><\/td><td>ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Oxygen?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Oxygen is a member of the chalcogen group on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/byjus.com\/periodic-table\/\">periodic table<\/a>. It is an essential element in the most of the combustion processes.<\/li><li>It is one of the most abundant elements in the Earth\u2019s crust.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Uses of Oxygen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>It is used in the production and manufacturing of glass and stone products, and in mining.<\/li><li>Special oxygen chambers are used in case of high pressure to increase the partial pressure of oxygen around the patient.<\/li><li>The primary applications of oxygen include melting, refining, and manufacture of steel along with other metals.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Physical Properties of Oxygen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The gas is colourless, odourless and insipid in a normal state. Liquid oxygen is slightly paramagnetic. It is reactive and forms oxides with every element except&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/byjus.com\/chemistry\/helium\/\">helium<\/a>, neon, krypton, and argon. It is moderately soluble in water.<\/li><li>Dioxygen is one of the common allotropes of oxygen.<\/li><li>Trioxygen is the most reactive allotrope of oxygen that would cause damage to lung tissue. This allotrope is termed as ozone.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Important Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>O-16, O-17, and O-18 are the three naturally occurring stable isotopes of Oxygen.<\/li><li>Oxygen is characterized by a paramagnetic property.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxygen Symbol O Atomic Number 8 Atomic Mass 15.999 g.mol-1 Discovered by Joseph Priestly in 1774 Chemical Properties of Oxygen Group 16 Melting point -219 \u00b0c Period 2 Boiling point -183 \u00b0c Block p Density (g cm\u22123) 0.001308 Atomic number 8 Relative atomic mass 15.999 State at 20\u00b0C Gas Key isotopes 16O Electron configuration [He]2s2&nbsp;2p4 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}