Oxygen vs Peroxide - What's the difference?
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A chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994.
Molecular oxygen (O2), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.
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(countable) An atom of this element.
(chemistry) a divalent radical or anion containing two oxygen atoms linked by a covalent bond; any substance containing this group which yields hydrogen peroxide when treated with an acid
hydrogen peroxide, especially an aqueous solution
to treat (something) with hydrogen peroxide, especially hair in order to bleach it
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As nouns the difference between oxygen and peroxide
is that oxygen is a chemical element (symbol o) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 159994 while peroxide is (chemistry) a divalent radical or anion containing two oxygen atoms linked by a covalent bond; any substance containing this group which yields hydrogen peroxide when treated with an acid.As a verb peroxide is
to treat (something) with hydrogen peroxide, especially hair in order to bleach it.oxygen
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(wikipedia oxygen)Katie L. Burke
In the News, passage=Oxygen' levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste ' oxygen using solar energy. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light.}}