Periodic Table · element

Oxygen

O · Z 8

atomic number
8
atomic mass
15.999
notation
O
group
16: Oxygen
period
2
state0c
Gas
state20c
Gas
occurrence
Primordial
density
0.001429
melting pt
-218.3
boiling pt
-182.95
discovered
1771
abundance
461000
bio class
Bulk
ore minerals
the atmosphere (21 %)
mined as
Not mined
extraction
Cryogenic air separation, or pressure-swing adsorption for smaller volumes.

bio role

The largest share of body mass, about 65 %, most of it water. Also the terminal electron acceptor that makes aerobic respiration roughly sixteen times more productive than fermentation.

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