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Elements

Oxygen ( O )

  • Atomic number: 8
  • Appearance: colorless gas
  • Standard atomic weight: 15.999
  • Group: group 16 (chalcogens)
  • Period: 2
  • Electron configuration: 1s2 2s2 2p4
  • Element category: reactive nonmetal
  • Melting point: 54.36 K
  • Boiling point: 90.188 K
  • Sublimation point:
  • Standard Temperature ( 273.15 ) and Pressure ( 1 bar = 105 Pa )
  • Phase at STP: ( O2 ) gas
  • Density at STP:
  • Heat of fusion: ( O2 ) 0.444 kJ/mol
  • Heat of vaporization: ( O2 ) 6.82 kJ/mol
  • Molar heat capacity: ( O2 ) 29.378 kJ/(mol·K)
  • Oxidation states: −2, −1, 0, +1, +2
  • Electronegativity: Pauling scale: 3.44
  • Covalent radius: 66 pm (1×10−12 m)
  • Van der Waals radius: 152 pm (1×10−12 m)
  • Crystal structure: cubic
  • Speed of sound: 330 m/s m/s (gas, 27 °C)
  • Thermal expansion:
  • Thermal conductivity: 0.02658 W/(m·K)

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