Oxygen+Krinna


 * Element Name**: Oxygen


 * Element Symbol**: O


 * Atomic Mass**: 16[[image:Oxygen_Krinna.png width="216" height="288" align="right"]]


 * Atomic Number**: 8


 * Protons**: 8


 * Electrons**: 8


 * Discovery**: Joseph Priestly and Carl Wilhelm in 1774


 * How It Was Named**: From the Greek words oxys and genes, which together mens "acid Forming"


 * State of Matter**: Gas


 * Melting Point**: 218.79 °c


 * Boiling Point**: 182.95 °c


 * Characteristics**: The gas is colorless, odorless, and tasteless. The liquid and solid forms are a pale blue color and are strongly paramagnetic.


 * Uses of Elements**: We, plants and animals rely on oxygen for respiration. Hospitals frequently prescribe oxygen for patients with respiration ailment.


 * Interesting Fact**: Oxygen has nine isotopes. Natural oxygen is a mixture of three isotopes. Also oxygen is an enrichment of steel blast furnaces accounts for the greatest use of the gas.

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