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Oxygen

Oxygen is one of the chief constituents of the atmosphere of which it forms approximately one fifth. It is odorless and invisible. Although oxygen itself does not burn it is extremely efficient in supporting combustion, nearly all other chemical elements combine with it under evolution of heat. It has many uses in industry and is essential to the BOS (Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Process).

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