Oxygen

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~ Oxygen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas, slightly heavier than air.

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  1. Oxygen was first liquefied on a small scale by Cailletet and Pictet near the end of the year 1877, and has since then been obtained in the liquid state in large quantity. It forms a liquid of light-blue color, with a specific gravity of 1.124 at its boiling-point(—182°.6 C. or—296° 7F.), and strongly paramagnetic.
  2. Available oxygen the proportion of oxygen in a manganese or in excess of one atom for each atom of manganese, such excess alone being effective in producing free chlorin from hydrochloric acid in the manufacture of bleaching-powder.
  3. Oxygen star. See star.

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  • Oxygen was applied and intravenous solutions made ready within the confines of the trench as LAFD Firefighter / Paramedics offered the listless man both verbal reassurance and constant human contact pending the arrival of additional personnel. —  LAFD News & Information
  • On Oxygen, a new episode of "Bad Girls Club" was the series 'most-watched telecast of the season with 862,000 total viewers. —  TVBizwire
  • Oxygen, which is present in nearly all substances, including air, water, and most solids, constitutes about one-half of all known matter. —  The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life,
  • Oxygen is therefore a byproduct of using this system. —  PCLinuxOS-Forums
  • Oxygen is a program service of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment and is currently available in over 74 million homes. —  NBC Universal Media Village: Home
 

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