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01/18/2016
It is used with hydrogen to form water and when mixed with nitrogen it forms all but about 1% of air.
We need oxygen to breathe . Without oxygen we would no be able to survive on earth. It is also used to create fires that warm us and provide power for our machinery and as a fuel in welding flames and rocket fuels.
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