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Oxygen
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and its compounds play a key role in many of the important processes of
life and industry. in the biosphere is essential in the processes of
respiration and metabolism, the means by which animals derive the energy needed
to sustain life. Furthermore, is the most abundant element at the surface
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.... of matter.
Lavoisier gave oxygen its name, which is derived from two Greek words that mean
"acid former." Lavoisier held the mistaken idea that oxides, when dissolved in
water, would form only acids. It is true that some oxides when dissolved in
water do form acids; for example, sulfur dioxide forms sulfurous acid. Some
oxides, however, such as sodium oxide, dissolve in water to form bases, as in
the reaction to form sodium hydroxide; therefore oxygen was actually
inappropriately named.
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