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There are several ways to obtain oxygen, the most common is to use electrolysis with water where they charge a negative anode and a positive cathode in water to separate the hydrogen and oxygen, the oxygen will go to the negative anode and can be collected from there.

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What makes oxygen?

Oxygen is a chemical element that is produced through the process of photosynthesis by plants and certain kinds of bacteria. It is also released during the breakdown of water molecules in a process called photolysis. Additionally, oxygen can be produced industrially through methods like fractional distillation of liquid air.


Why is oxeygen gas removed from the atmosphere and used?

There are many uses of oxygen, from breathing by people with bad lungs or hearts, to operating cutting torches. I thought that commercial oxygen was removed from water, or other plentiful chemical, but not from the atmosphere.


What are the three resources that can be obtained from the atmosphere and how are their resources used?

The three main resources obtained from the atmosphere are oxygen, nitrogen, and argon. Oxygen is essential for respiration in humans and animals, nitrogen is used in fertilizers and various industrial processes, and argon is commonly used in welding and as a component in some light bulbs.


How nitrogen and hydrogen is obtained?

Nitrogen is generally obtained by a industrial plant that takes in air from the atmosphere, and separates it from the oxygen. Hydrogen is generally obtained from an industrial plant that takes in a hydrocarbon and water and splits it from the hydrocarbon and water. It makes a byproduct of CO2. It may be obtained from water alone by passing an electrical current through water and splitting it from the oxygen. This is a more well known method, but very uncommon.


How can you obtain chlorine?

Chlorine can be obtained commercially by the electrolysis of brine (sodium chloride solution). It can also be produced by reacting hydrochloric acid with manganese dioxide or by heating hydrochloric acid with sulfuric acid.