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The most important use of oxygen is in respiration. Oxygen is of great importance in the chemical and the iron and steel industries. Its other major use is in steel production, for example in the Bessemer process. The oxyacetylene torch is another important industrial application. Oxygen is utilized in medicine in the treatment of respiratory diseases and is mixed with other gases for respiration in submarines, high-flying aircraft, and spacecraft. Liquid oxygen is used as an oxidizer in the fuel systems of large rockets.

Oxygen was formerly the official standard for the atomic weights of elements. The chemists used natural oxygen, a mixture of three isotopes, to which the value of 16 was assigned while the physicists assigned the value of 16 specifically to the oxygen isotope 16. In 1961 carbon-12 replaced oxygen as the standard.

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Process that uses oxygen in the body?

Aerobic respiration is the process that uses oxygen in the body to produce energy. This process occurs in the mitochondria of cells and involves breaking down glucose to generate ATP, the primary energy source for cellular activities. Oxygen is the final electron acceptor in the electron transport chain during aerobic respiration.


What process uses carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

The process of photosynthesis. Plants needs water and carbon dioxide to make oxygen and glucose this is called the process of photosynthesis.


What type of organism uses and produces both oxygen and carbon dioxide?

Plants are organisms that use carbon dioxide during photosynthesis to produce oxygen. They also use oxygen for respiration to break down sugars for energy.


What is an oxygen conserving device?

An oxygen conserving device regulates the flow of oxygen delivered to a patient only when they inhale, as opposed to a continuous flow. This helps conserve oxygen, extend the life of oxygen tanks, and make portable oxygen therapy more manageable. The device can be incorporated into portable oxygen concentrators or tanks.


Why does a candle turn off if you cover it?

Fire is a chemical reaction; it uses oxygen to turn one substance into another. If you cover it, it can't get any oxygen from the air, and so the chemical reaction stops and the fire goes out. I borrowed the following equation from another online Q&A as an illustration. When propane (carbon and hydrogen) burns, it combines with oxygen to make carbon dioxide (carbon and oxygen) and water (hydrogen and oxygen). C3H8 + 5O2 --> 3CO2 + 4H20