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It is a toxic chemical. It directly injures the lungs and other tissues (such as the retina's in premature infants) and is though to be bad for the cardiovascular system by causing increased oxidation (the thing people are trying to avoid when they take anti-oxidants).
On the other hand, you do need it to live. If giving 100% oxygen is the only way to get enough oxygen into the system then you just have to do it.
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Is oxygen pure or a mixture?
Oxygen is an element and a pure substance.
Is pure oxygen dangerous?
Yes. Pure oxygen is a fire hazard.
How do you find pure oxygen?
Canisters of pure oxygen can be purchased from chemical supply companies. You can also produce pure oxygen through electrolysis of water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Why pure oxygen can't be breathed?
Pure oxygen can be breathed. Pure oxygen is often given to patients in hospital that have low O2 saturation.
What is the answer to the March 20 2008 Wheel of Fortune bonus or final puzzle?
PURE OXYGEN pure oxygen mar 20 2008 it was pure oxygen
What are the disadvantages of a tree?
The disadvantages are if we cut them we have no food no oxygen
Does steel wool burn faster in air or pure oxygen?
It burns faster in pure oxygen.
Is oxygen a homogeneous or heterogeneous mixture?
Neither. Oxygen is an element, which is a pure substance and not a mixture.
Is oxygen mixture or pure substance?
Oxygen is a pure substance. In nature, free oxygen exists as a molecule of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded, O2.
What percentage or fraction of air is pure oxygen What comprises the most of the rest?
21% of air is pure oxygen
Is air pure oxygen?
No, there is 21% oxygen in air.
Is oxygen mixture?
Oxygen is an element, which is a pure substance.
