O - Oxygen

Oxygen gas was discovered by Swedish pharmacist, Karl Scheele in 1771. Comprising 87 percent of the oceans, one fifth of the atmosphere and six out of ten atoms on the crust, oxygen is the most abundant element on the surface of the earth. 

Atomic number - 8 Density g/mL 0 .0001429
Atomic weight u 15 .9994 Melting point K 50 .35
Bonding radius A 0 .73 Boiling point K 90 .18
Atomic radius A 0 .65 Heat of vaporization kJ/mol 3 .4099
Ionization Potential V 13 .618 Heat of fusion kJ/mol 0 .22259
Electronegativity - 3 .44 Specific heat J/gK 0 .92
The oxide is neutral.
Crystal are cubic.

Electron config. : 1s2 2s2 2p4


Isotopes of O: Click mass number for decay process, product for element page.


012
0.40 MeV
p,17.338 MeV
N-11
12.034417
013
8.58 msec
EC,17.765 MeV
N-13
13.024810
014
70.606 sec
EC,5.143 MeV
N-14
14.008595
015
122.24 sec
EC,2.754 MeV
N-15
15.003065
016 99.762%

Stable

15.994914
017 0.038%

Stable

16.999131
018 0.200%

Stable

17.999160
019
26.91 sec
B-,4.821 MeV
F-19
19.003579
020
13.51 sec
B-,3.814 MeV
F-20
20.004076
021
3.42 sec
B-,8.109 MeV
F-21
21.008654
022
2.25 sec
B-,6.490 MeV
F-22
22.009962
023
82 msec
B-/B-n,11.290
F-23/F-22
23.015695
024
61 msec
B-/B-n,11.400
F-24/F-23
24.020397
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