What are some chemical properties of oxygen?

gmackematix

Oxygen is fairly electronegative and usually has a valency of 2. Apr 17 05, 5:33 PM

peasypod

I guess you could say its odourless, tasteless and colourless. (quite bland wouldn't you say?) In liquid form its a lovely pale blue colour, and I believe its heavier than air and comprises about 20% by volume of the atmosphere. http://www.qivx.com/ispt/elements/ptw_008.php Apr 17 05, 5:38 PM

Baloo55th

It's highly corrosive. And also exists in the form O3 which is called ozone and is even more corrosive. Apr 18 05, 5:18 AM

Arpeggionist

It is also combustable and highly flammable. Oxygen can also dissolve or mix in with any number of other elements (few metals are rustproof like gold). Oxygen is necessary for the sustainance of life. Apr 18 05, 3:45 PM

_princess_007

Chemical Properties of Oxygen It's the essential element in the respiratory processes of most of the living cells and in combustion processes. Oxygen supports combustion, combines with most elements, and is a component of hundreds of thousands of organic compounds. Oxygen can be separated from air by fractionated liquefaction and distillation. It is a very reactive oxidising agent. Paramagnetism is strong. Liquid oxygen is also slightly paramagnetic. Ozone is also a highly reactive and powerful reactive agent. Every element, except fluorine and the noble gases, combines spontaneously with oxygen at galactic standard temperature and pressure. The singlet form of oxygen reacts swiftly with almost all compounds. Molecular oxygen is a stable diradical. It has two electrons in an unpaired triplet state. Oxygen is the only naturally occurring chemical with this property. Electronegativity : 3.4 Heat of vaporization : 3.4099 kj/mol Heat of fusion : 0.22259 kj/mol First Ionization Energy : 1314 kJ/mol http://www.gas-plants.com/oxygen-properties.html Nov 16 06, 10:29 PM