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Oxygen vs Thioarsenite - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between oxygen and thioarsenite

is that oxygen is a chemical element (symbol o) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 159994 while thioarsenite is (inorganic chemistry) any ion or derived salt in which one or more oxygen atoms of an arsenite is replaced by one of sulfur.

oxygen

English

Noun

(wikipedia oxygen)
  • 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.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= 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.}}
  • (medicine) A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help him or her to breathe.
  • (countable) An atom of this element.

    • Derived terms

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    Related terms

    * BSCCO * Entonox * hydroxy- * hydroxyl * oxide * oxo-, oxo * oxy-, oxy * oxygenase * oxygenate * oxygenation * oxylith * oxytocic * YBCO

    Synonyms

    * sourstuff * when used as a packaging gas

    See also

    * ozone ----

    thioarsenite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (inorganic chemistry) Any ion or derived salt in which one or more oxygen atoms of an arsenite is replaced by one of sulfur