oxygen chemical properties

Oxygen (dioxygen) is neutral and has no action towards blue or red litmus. It is a supporter of combustion. Oxygen is quite a stable compound due to high bond (dissociation) energy of O = O bond. Its bond energy is 495 kJ mol - 1 . So,..

Neutral character Oxygen is neither acidic nor basic. Both blue and red litmus are unaffected by oxygen..

With sodium Introduce a small piece of sodium metal into a jar of oxygen. It combines with oxygen to form sodium peroxide. Allow a piece of sodium to burn in a deflagrating spoon, and then introduce it into another jar of oxygen. It burns with a brilliant ..

With hydrogen Hydrogen burns in oxygen to form water vapor. ..

When heated in air or oxygen, sulphur first melts and then burns with a blue flame to form sulphur dioxide and some traces of sulphur trioxid..

Chemical Properties - Ethers are relatively inert compounds inspite of the presence of oxygen atom carrying two lone pairs of electrons in their molecules. These are not easily attacked by alkalis, dilute mineral acids, metallic sodium, PCl 5 etc. under ordinary condit..

Chemical Properties - The noble gases are generally inert and do not participate in the reactions easily. The inertness of noble gases is due to the following reasons. i) The atoms of noble gases have stable closed shell electronic configuration. ii) The noble gases have excepti..

Ethers are relatively inert compounds inspite of the presence of oxygen atom carrying two lone pairs of electrons in their molecules. These are not easily attacked by alkalis, dilute mineral acids, metallic sodium, PCl 5 etc. under ordinary conditions. It is because of this reason that th..

Hydrogen is a combustible gas, but does not support combustion. In presence of air or oxygen it burns with a blue flame to form water. If hydrogen is mixed with oxygen, it explodes with a pop sound. A Jet of Hydrogen Burns in Air with a Pale-blue Flame. The Steam is Co..

Chemical Properties - Hydrides - Both oxygen and sulphur are very reactive and the reactivity decreases as O > S > Se > Te. Oxygen is very reactive and reacts with almost all elements. Its reactivity is only slightly less than the most reac..