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OXYGEN FAMILY: AND EXTREME IMPORTANCE OF THEM
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Introduction:
Air is important to survive life on Earth but mainly oxygen. Similarly, water is important for life and contains hydrogen and oxygen. Like all this, several elements play an important role in our life. Well, a discussion about all of them required to much time. So, in this article, we are taking an overview Oxygen Family.
Let's Start:
1. Oxygen:
Well, oxygen is the most popular element. Everyone knows about it and its purposes. Well, in chemistry oxygen is infamous for its oxidation properties which are useful but also cause many difficulties due to this property most metals like iron and zinc, etc., are oxidase which causes many problems.
Properties of Oxygen:
1. Oxygen is colorless, odorless, tasteless gas at STP (Standard temperature and pressure).
2. Oxygen is a very reactive element.
3. While oxygen is useful for life but high concentration of oxygen is very toxic. Likewise, its allotropy ozone is also very toxic and poisonous.
Uses and applications:
1. Oxygen is used for many medical purposes such as hypoxia(low level of oxygen) and hyperbaric oxygen therapy(HBOT).
2. As oxygen is a powerful oxidating agent that why used in many industries' applications and chemical reactions.
3. Use in space exploration purposes as life supporting system or as oxidize for fuel.
2. Sulphur:
Sulfur is very important because of its acid which is very important in chemistry known as "Sulphuric acid".
Properties:
1. Sulphur is not soluble in water but dissolves in organic solvents like benzene.
2. Sulphur is a very brittle element and that is why easily converts into powder.
3. Sulphur is very reactive and forms compounds with many other elements.
Uses and Application:
1. Sulphur is useful in the production of fertilizer because sulfur is very important for the growth of plants.
2. Sulphur is the key element in producing sulphuric acid which is very useful in many chemical industries.
3. Sulphur is used in the vulcanization of rubber which makes it more elastic, strong, and heat and wear-resistant.
3. Selenium:
Selenium is similar to sulfur and that is why replaces sulfur in many compounds.
Properties:
1. Selenium is metalloid which means it shows both the properties of metals and non-metals.
2. Selenium shows multiple oxidation states ranging from -2 to +6 with the most common state being +4 to +6.
3. Selenium shows the property of semiconductors. That means it shows the property of conductivity only under certain conditions.
Uses and Applications:
1. Use as a drum in photocopy machines.
2. Use in solar panel industries.
3. Use as antioxidative.
4. Tellurium:
Tellurium is a famous element for its rareness. It is almost 1 part par billions of Earth's crust.
Properties:
1. Tellurium is a metalloid means its properties are intermediate between metals and non-metals.
2. Tellurium is a brittle, silvery-white, and semi-metallic element.
3. Tellurium is a semiconductor which means its properties are intermediate between conductor and insulator.
Uses and Application:
1. Uses in many alloys to improve properties for potential uses.
2. Uses in Special types of glasses which are useful in the optic fiber industry and in many more industries.
3. Uses as a catalyst in many industries.
5. Polonium:
Polonium is famous for its radioactive nature.
Properties:
1. Polonium is radioactive in nature and emits various types of radiation.
2. Polonium is very reactive in its elemental form.
3. Polonium is very toxic due to its radioactive nature.
Uses and Application:
1. Uses in thermoelectric generators which is very important for space exploration.
2. Uses as a neutron source.
3. Uses to study many phenomena of nuclear physics.
6. Livermorium:
Livermorium is a synthesis element.
Properties:
1. Livermorium is a radioactive element.
Not much is known about this element due to its short half-life.
Uses and Application:
Because of its radioactive nature and short half-life, it has no particular uses.
Conclusion:
Every element in the periodic table is unique due to its properties and application in our technological era and its future applications and that is why I believe chemistry is a very unique and extraordinary field of science learn about this is very important for us due to our understanding of this universe.
Autor:
This article is written by "Noel Gill".
Software used:
In this article, Ahref's free keyword research and Grammarly are used.
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