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  2. Oxygen - Wikipedia

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    Oxygen gas is increasingly obtained by these non-cryogenic technologies (see also the related vacuum swing adsorption). [103] Oxygen gas can also be produced through electrolysis of water into molecular oxygen and hydrogen. DC electricity must be used: if AC is used, the gases in each limb consist of hydrogen and oxygen in the explosive ratio 2:1.

  3. Isotopes of oxygen - Wikipedia

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    Oxygen-13 is an unstable isotope, with 8 protons and 5 neutrons. It has spin 3/2−, and half-life 8.58(5) ms. Its atomic mass is 13.024 815 (10) Da. It decays to nitrogen-13 by electron capture, with a decay energy of 17.770(10) MeV. Its parent nuclide is fluorine-14.

  4. Molecular orbital diagram - Wikipedia

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    In carbon monoxide (CO, isoelectronic with dinitrogen) the oxygen 2s orbital is much lower in energy than the carbon 2s orbital and therefore the degree of mixing is low. The electron configuration 1σ 2 1σ* 2 2σ 2 2σ* 2 1π 4 3σ 2 is identical to that of nitrogen. The g and u subscripts no longer apply because the molecule lacks a center ...

  5. Singlet oxygen - Wikipedia

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    The terms 'singlet oxygen' and 'triplet oxygen' derive from each form's number of electron spins. The singlet has only one possible arrangement of electron spins with a total quantum spin of 0, while the triplet has three possible arrangements of electron spins with a total quantum spin of 1, corresponding to three degenerate states.

  6. Oxygen-18 - Wikipedia

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    In ice cores, mainly Arctic and Antarctic, the ratio of 18 O to 16 O (known as δ 18 O) can be used to determine the temperature of precipitation through time.Assuming that atmospheric circulation and elevation has not changed significantly over the poles, the temperature of ice formation can be calculated as equilibrium fractionation between phases of water that is known for different ...

  7. Triplet oxygen - Wikipedia

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    Under a molecular orbital theory framework, the oxygen-oxygen bond in triplet dioxygen is better described as one full σ bond plus two π half-bonds, each half-bond accounted for by two-center three-electron (2c-3e) bonding, to give a net bond order of two (1+2× ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠), while also accounting for the spin state (S = 1).

  8. Allotropes of oxygen - Wikipedia

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    There are several known allotropes of oxygen. The most familiar is molecular oxygen (O 2), present at significant levels in Earth's atmosphere and also known as dioxygen or triplet oxygen. Another is the highly reactive ozone (O 3). Others are: Atomic oxygen (O 1), a free radical. Singlet oxygen (O * 2), one of two metastable states of ...

  9. Oxygen compounds - Wikipedia

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    Each oxygen atom in its peroxide ion may have a full octet of 4 pairs of electrons. [6] Superoxides are a class of compounds that are very similar to peroxides, but with just one unpaired electron for each pair of oxygen atoms (O − 2). [6] These compounds form by oxidation of alkali metals with larger ionic radii (K, Rb, Cs).