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Oxygen vs Wakefieldite - What's the difference?

oxygen | wakefieldite |

As nouns the difference between oxygen and wakefieldite

is that oxygen is a chemical element (symbol o) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 159994 while wakefieldite is (mineralogy) any of four uncommon rare earth element vanadate minerals, each containing oxygen and vanadium, but otherwise containing different elements.

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.
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    Synonyms

    * sourstuff * when used as a packaging gas

    See also

    * ozone ----

    wakefieldite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineralogy) Any of four uncommon rare earth element vanadate minerals, each containing oxygen and vanadium, but otherwise containing different elements.
  • References

    * Wakefieldite-(Ce) in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Wakefieldite-(Ce).shtml] * Wakefieldite-(La) in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Wakefieldite-(La).shtml] * Wakefieldite-(Nd) in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Wakefieldite-(Nd).shtml] * Wakefieldite-(Y) in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Wakefieldite-(Y).shtml]