Oxygen

Oxygen: uses

The following uses for oxygen are gathered from a number of sources as well as from anecdotal comments. I'd be delighted to receive corrections as well as additional referenced uses (please use the feedback mechanism to add uses).

• oxy-acetylene welding
• frequently used to aid respiration of patients in hospitals
• used in making methanol and ethene oxide
• rocket fuel oxidant
• steel manufacture
• ozone (O₃) in the atmosphere is protection against the sun's ultraviolet rays
• breathing

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