oxygen

Summary

oxygen is a chemical element^[1]. oxygen ranks in the top 5% of chemical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,066 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• oxygen is credited with the discovery of Carl Wilhelm Scheele^[3].
• oxygen is credited with the discovery of Joseph Priestley^[4].
• oxygen's instance of is recorded as chemical element^[5].
• oxygen's instance of is recorded as lithophile^[6].
• acid is named after oxygen^[7].
• oxygen's location of discovery is recorded as Calne^[8].
• oxygen's location of discovery is recorded as Sweden^[9].
• oxygen's element symbol is recorded as O^[10].
• oxygen is a type of group 16^[11].
• oxygen is a type of oxidizing agent^[12].
• oxygen is a type of nonmetal^[13].
• oxygen is part of period 2^[14].
• oxygen is part of group 16^[15].
• oxygen is part of oxygen gasoreceptor activity^[16].
• oxygen is part of oxygen carrier activity^[17].
• oxygen is part of water^[18].
• oxygen is used for food additive^[19].
• oxygen's Commons category is recorded as Oxygen^[20].
• oxygen is the opposite of phlogiston^[21].
• oxygen's Unicode character is recorded as 氧^[22].
• oxygen comprises oxygen atom^[23].
• oxygen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1771^[24].
• oxygen's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1774^[25].
• oxygen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oxygen^[26].
• oxygen's Commons gallery is recorded as Oxygen^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chemical element^[5] and lithophile^[6]. Recorded subclass of include group 16^[11], oxidizing agent^[12], and nonmetal^[13]. oxygen is the opposite of phlogiston^[21].

Origins

acid is named after oxygen^[7].

Use and Application

oxygen is used for food additive^[19]. oxygen comprises oxygen atom^[23]. Part of include period 2^[14], a period^[28]; group 16^[15], a group^[29]; oxygen gasoreceptor activity^[16]; oxygen carrier activity^[17]; and water^[18], a type of chemical entity^[30].

Influence

Things named for oxygen include CNO cycle^[31]; sinoite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; manganosite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; feroxyhyte^[36], a mineral species^[37]; bismoclite^[38], a mineral species^[39]; oxy-vanadium-dravite^[40], a mineral species^[41]; oxyplumboroméite^[42], a mineral species^[43]; and oxycalciopyrochlore^[44], a mineral species^[45].

Why It Matters

oxygen ranks in the top 5% of chemical_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,066 views/month).^[2] oxygen has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] oxygen is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]

Entities named for oxygen include CNO cycle^[31]; sinoite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; manganosite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; feroxyhyte^[36], a mineral species^[37]; bismoclite^[38], a mineral species^[39]; and oxy-vanadium-dravite^[40], a mineral species^[41].