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Why does oxygen seek out heat?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Oxygen does not seek out heat, but it is very reactive and as a result will often undergo large or violent chemical reactions when exposed to enough energy (ie.exposed to enough heat)

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