About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 94. Chapters: Ozone layer, Hypoxia, Oxygen toxicity, Hyperbaric medicine, Oxy-fuel welding and cutting, Anoxic event, Oxygen therapy, Propellant depot, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Reactive oxygen species, Oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation curve, Oxygen mask, Isotopes of oxygen, Compounds of oxygen, Great Oxygenation Event, Solid oxygen, Oxygen plant, Pulse oximeter, Dioxygen in biological reactions, Oxygen bar, Oxyhydrogen, Oxygen evolution, Singlet oxygen, Allotropes of oxygen, Oxygen cocktail, Oxygen concentrator, Forrest Bird, Winkler test for dissolved oxygen, Nitrous oxide and oxygen, Liquid oxygen, Geological history of oxygen, Tetraoxygen, Electro-galvanic fuel cell, Chemical oxygen generator, Oxygen isotope ratio cycle, Portable oxygen concentrator, Nebulium, Delta-O-18, Effect of oxygen on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, World Ocean Atlas, Dole effect, Oxygen tank, Non-rebreather mask, Tumor hypoxia, Ozone-oxygen cycle, Triplet oxygen, CO-oximeter, Brin process, Oxygen saturation, Apparent oxygen utilisation, Odin, Hypoxia activated prodrugs, Histotoxic hypoxia, Oxygen rings, Hyperoxia, Oxygen tent. Excerpt: Oxygen ( -si-jin) is the element with atomic number 8 and represented by the symbol O. Its name derives from the Greek roots (oxys) ("acid," literally "sharp," referring to the sour taste of acids) and - (-gen s) ("producer," literally "begetter"), because at the time of naming, it was mistakenly thought that all acids required oxygen in their composition. At standard temperature and pressure, two atoms of the element bind to form dioxygen, a very pale blue, odorless, tasteless diatomic gas with the formula . Oxygen is a member of the chalcogen group on the periodic table, and is a highly reactive nonmetallic element that readily forms compounds (notably oxides) with almost all other eleme...
