oxygens

Air's essential atoms

Oxygens is the plural of oxygen, used when distinguishing between different forms, isotopes, or sources of the element: The researchers measured the ratios of different oxygens in the ice cores.

In chemistry, oxygen-16, oxygen-17, and oxygen-18 are distinct oxygens.

The plural also appears in technical contexts discussing oxygen atoms or molecules as countable units.

respiration

breathing

Pulmonary gas exchange

ventilation · alveoli · pulmonary · diaphragm · airway · trachea · bronchial · asthma · hyperventilation · hypoxia

chemistry

oxide

Oxygen-bonded compound

valence · compound · dioxide · peroxide · ozone · molecule · diatomic · reactive · bond · isotope

combustion

burning

Combustion in progress

  • fireCombustion with flames
  • flameBurning gas made visible
  • oxidizerElectron-accepting reactant

fuel · ignition · explosion · propellant · reactant · energy · heat · thermal · calorific · rocket

Opposites
chemical reactivity with metals

oxygensnitrogens

Inert gaseous elements

hydrogens · carbons · electrons · halogens · noble gases

biological role

oxygensnitrogens

Inert gaseous elements

methanes · neons

periodic table group contrast

oxygensnitrogens

Inert gaseous elements

halogens · noble gases · hydrogens

Phrases
Family

oxygen, oxygenate, oxygenation, oxygenated, oxygenator, oxygenating, oxygenates, oxygenators

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