8
Oxygen
15.999
Name
Oxygen
Atomic Number
8
Gas Phase
Diatomic
Allotropes
Dioxygen, Ozone, Tetraoxygen
Refractive Index
1.000271
Phase At STP
Gas
Spectrum Image
Source
WikipediaStatic

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CAS Number
7782-44-7
CID Number
CID977
DOT Number
1073
RTECS Number
RTECSRS2060000
Mendeleev Number
99
Pettifor Number
101
Space Group Number
12
Glawe Number
97
Atomic Mass
15.999 Da
X Position
16
Y Position
2
Period
2
Group
16
Block
p
Category
Reactive Nonmetal
Geochemical
Major
Goldschmidt
Lithophilic
Urban Soil
490 mg/kg
Seawater
0.86 kg/L
Sun
24 mole ratio to silicon
Earth Crust
0.46 g
Human Body
61 %
Solar System
24 mole ratio to silicon
Meteorites
40 %
Jmol
#FF0D0D
Molcas Gv
#FF0D0D
CPK
#F00000
Empirical
60
Calculated
48
Van Der Waals
152
Bonding
152
Room Temperature
158
Batsanov
155
Rahm
171
Dreiding
340.46
Uff
350
Mm3
182
Alvarez
150
Bragg
65
Covalent (Single Bound)
73
Covalent (Triple Bound)
53
Covalent (Cordero)
66
Covalent (Pyykko)
63
Covalent (Pyykko Double)
57
Covalent (Pyykko Triple)
53
Melting/Freeze (USE)
54.36 °K
Melting/Freeze (WEL)
54.8 °K
Melting/Freeze (CRC)
54.21 °K
Melting/Freeze (LNG)
54.6 °K
Boiling/Density (USE)
90.188 °K
Boiling/Density (WEL)
90.2 °K
Boiling/Density (CRC)
90.038 °K
Boiling/Density (LNG)
90.04 °K
Boiling/Density (Zhang)
90 °K
Critical Temperature
154.59 °K
Critical Pressure
5.043 MPa
STP
1.429 kg/cm³
Gas
1.429 kg/cm³
Molar Volume
22,413.40 cm³/mol
Atomic Volume
14 cm³
Heat Of Fusion CRC
0.44 kJ/mol
Heat Of Fusion LNG
0.444 kJ/mol
Evaporation CRC
6.82 kJ/mol
Evaporation LNG
6.82 kJ/mol
Evaporation Zhang
6.82 kJ/mol
Heat Capacity CRC
29.378 J/gK
Heat Capacity LNG
29.4 J/gK
Heat Capacity WEL
29.4 J/gK
Thermal Conductivity
0.027 W/m*K
Adiabatic Index
42862
Fluid
330 m/s
Order
paramanyetic
Susceptibility
0.0000013 m3/kg
Description
It is a colorless, odorless and gaseous element in the 16th group of the periodic table. In addition to being the most abundant element in the earth's crust, it also makes up 20.8% of the atmosphere. When used for industrial purposes, it is separated from liquid air by fractional distillation. It is used in high temperature welding and breathing. In its common form, it is in the form of oxygen, but it is found as ozone in the upper atmosphere. It was discovered by Priestley in 1774.
Language Of Origin
Greek via French
Origin Of Word
It comes from the combination of the Greek word oxy-, meaning both 'sharp' and 'acid', and the suffix -gen. It means "acid-making".
Meaning
make acid
Etymological Description
It comes from the Greek expression oxy geinomai, meaning "I make acid", as it is believed to be the basic building block of acids. The phrase later evolved into the French oxygène, which is the source of the English phrase "oxygen" today.
Observed/Predicted By
W. Scheele
Observed/Discovery Year
1771
Discovery Location
Isolated Sample By
M. Sendivogius (Michał Sędziwój)
Isolated Sample Year
1604
Named By
Antoine Lavoisier
Sources
It is mainly obtained by fractional distillation from liquid air. The amount of traces is determined by electrolysis of water in a laboratory environment or by heating potassium chlorate (KClO3) with manganese dioxide (MnO2).
Uses
It is used in steelmaking, welding and life support. Ozone (O3), naturally occurring in the upper atmosphere, protects the earth from ultraviolet radiation.
Half Life
Stable
Lifetime
Stable
Proton Affinity
485.2
Electron Affinity (eV)
1.4611135
Electron Affinity (kJ/mol)
140.976
Electron Affinity (pauling)
3.44
Electron Affinity (allen)
21.36
Electron Affinity (ghosh)
0.304575
Accepted
5.3
Uncertainty
0.2
C6 GB
16.7
C6 Coefficient
15.6
Constant Internal Default Radius
6.83
Constant
540.3, 342.9, 508.6
Strucutre
CUB
Angles
π/2, 2.313085, π/2
Oxidation States
−2,−1,0,1,2
Electron Configuration
1s2 2s2 2p4
Quantum Number
a burden
Electron Configuration Semantic
[He] 2s2 2p4
Shells-0
2
Shells-1
6
Ionization Energies-0
1313.9
Ionization Energies-1
3388.3
Ionization Energies-2
5300.5
Ionization Energies-3
7469.2
Ionization Energies-4
10989.5
Ionization Energies-5
13326.5
Ionization Energies-6
71330
Ionization Energies-7
84078
1-10 of 94 compounds
| Formula | Names |
|---|---|
| ^18O2 | oxygen-18 O2 |
| O2 | liquid oxygen liquefied oxygen oxygendioxygen Freon 732 molecular oxygen oxygen gas R-732 |
| O3 | ozone triatomic oxygen trioxygen |
| AgO | silver(II) oxide disilver oxide divasil silver oxidesilver oxideketosilver oxosilver |
| Al2O3 | aluminum oxide alumina keto-ketoalumanyloxy-alumane oxo-oxoalumanyloxyalumane |
| AmO2 | americium(IV) oxide |
| Am2O3 | americium(III) oxide |
| As2O3 | arsenic trioxide arsenic(III) oxide |
| As2O5 | arsenic pentoxide arsenic acid anhydride arsenic anhydride arsenic(V) oxide diarsenic pentaoxide |
| Au2O3·xH2O | gold(III) oxide auric oxide gold trioxide keto-(ketoauriooxy)gold oxo-(oxoauriooxy)gold sulfurous acid, ammonium gold salt |