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Oxide vs. Oxygen — What's the Difference?

Oxide vs. Oxygen — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Oxide and Oxygen

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Oxide

An oxide () is a chemical compound that contains at least one oxygen atom and one other element in its chemical formula. "Oxide" itself is the dianion of oxygen, an O2– (molecular) ion.

Oxygen

Oxygen is the chemical element with the symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group in the periodic table, a highly reactive nonmetal, and an oxidizing agent that readily forms oxides with most elements as well as with other compounds.

Oxide

A binary compound of oxygen with another element or group
Nitrogen oxide

Oxygen

A colourless, odourless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.
An oxygen supply
If breathing stops, there is no oxygen getting to the brain and the cells begin to die
Hydrogen and carbon in the fuel combine with the oxygen in the air to form carbon dioxide and water

Oxide

Divalent anionic oxygen, or a compound of oxygen, especially a binary compound of oxygen with a more electropositive element.
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Oxygen

A nonmetallic element constituting 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume that occurs as a diatomic gas, O2, and in many compounds such as water and silica, and in iron ore. It combines with most elements, is essential for plant and animal respiration, and is required for nearly all combustion. Ozone, O3, is an allotrope of this element. Atomic number 8; atomic weight 15.9994; melting point -218.79°C; boiling point -182.9°C; gas density at 0°C 1.429 grams per liter; valence 2. See Periodic Table.

Oxide

(chemistry) A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element. Category:en:Oxygen

Oxygen

The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas. Category:en:Oxygen

Oxide

A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a compound which is regarded as binary; as, iron oxide, ethyl oxide, nitrogen oxide, etc.

Oxygen

Molecular oxygen (O2), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature, also called dioxygen.

Oxide

Any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical

Oxygen

(medicine) A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help them breathe.

Oxygen

(countable) An atom of this element.

Oxygen

(figurative) A condition or environment in which something can thrive.
Silence is the oxygen of shame.
They hoped to starve the terrorists of the oxygen of publicity.

Oxygen

A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element of atomic number 8, occurring in the free state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per cent by weight and about 21 per cent by volume, being slightly heavier than nitrogen. Symbol O. Atomic weight 15.9994.

Oxygen

Chlorine used in bleaching.

Oxygen

A nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

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