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Our updated Oxygen video features new footage displaying the paramagnetism of liquid oxygen. All the elements at http://www.periodicvideos.com/
Duration : 0:6:17
Our updated Oxygen video features new footage displaying the paramagnetism of liquid oxygen. All the elements at http://www.periodicvideos.com/
Duration : 0:6:17
jxantona December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
maybe because of …
maybe because of the unpaired electrons? very interesting.
andrewapotheosis December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
glad you guys took …
glad you guys took my suggestion.
windowlicker1 December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
you guys burnt that …
you guys burnt that splint pretty close to that giant container of liquid oxygen.. yikes.
weirdwei137 December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
yea. according to …
yea. according to the molecular orbital theory, O2 is paramagnetic for it has 2 unpaired electrons in the pi2p antibonding orbitals.
NAMLegolas December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
Wow, the magnetic …
Wow, the magnetic part was something I never imagined!
Does anyone knows why?
AlmightScoop December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
Awesome. I loved …
Awesome. I loved the magnet experiment. What a beautiful demonstration of oxygen’s triplet ground state electron configuration rendering it with paramagnetism.
mylhs December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
Great update, …
Great update, really interesting. Thanks!
I have never know that oxygen is magnetic. Does only liquid oxygen is or gas is also subject to magnetic fields?
gulllars December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
Great upgrade of …
Great upgrade of the video. I had no idea liquid oxygen was magnetic.
Crispier92, oxidizing is taking a way electrons.
An oxidizing agent works by stealing electrons, so another compound gets oxidized, and itself becomes reduced (more negative electric charge).
marconarajos December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
A splint would go …
A splint would go out in Jupiter’s moons because there is no oxygen. If there were some oxygen in the moon’s atmosphere along with the methane, then it would burn/combust. Carbon and Hydrogen doesn’t act as fuel, methane does. If for example that are atmosphere was 21% methane, instead of oxygen, and that we lived in it, we could probably use oxygen as the fuel just like methane, because it reacts with the methane anyway.
marconarajos December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
Why does oxygen …
Why does oxygen become paramagnetic when it is liquid?
ridelo December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
What’s that feng …
What’s that feng shui horoscope site doing here? For Newton’s sake!
cherylllin December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
hey, pro!
may i …
hey, pro!
may i contact u if i got ques?
FreakinAwesomeVideos December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
:57…Nice ‘fro. …
:57…Nice ‘fro. Lol.
crispier92 December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
oxidizing in bio …
oxidizing in bio means it takes away electrons, (or maybe adds im not sure)
i dont know if they are the same oxidized
test123ok December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
Makes sense. Thanks …
Makes sense. Thanks y’all.
If it didnt need fuel to combust, there would be no O2 in the universe. it would burn up as soon as it got heated.I remember watching a show about one of jupiter’s moons that had methane rich atmosphere, i think lighting a match there would spread like crazy because of the CH4 - carbon and hydrogen acting as fuel.
charlieclown December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
My cell & molec bio …
My cell & molec bio professor says our body oxidizes food for energy. Makes sense now after seeing the splint ‘oxidized’.
magick205 December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
I still think the …
I still think the best part is the “mad scientist” hairdo.
magick205 December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
Or better yet, with …
Or better yet, with some acetylene for a bigger BOOM because of the type of bonding between the carbon and hydrogen atoms. Fun in small amounts. A trip to the ER (or least searching of your eyebrows) in a larger amount. Under pressure it can get very unstable.
samurphy December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
Yup. O2 …
Yup. O2 facilitates oxidization (burning) but without fuel (the wood), the reaction stops.
If he put the splint in the jar and left it in there, the whole stick would rapidly become engulfed in flames until it was all consumed, but the O2 in the jar needs fuel to combine with.
Now, if he put the splint in a jar full of H2 AND O2, then you’d see the whole jar full of gas pop into a small fireball, as the H2 would act as a fuel for the O2 to oxidize, creating water vapor as a result.
samurphy December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
Ozone is also more …
Ozone is also more stable at lower pressure, I believe. At sea level, or nearabouts, it’s too unstable to hang around long, and ends up reverting to O2.
You get Ozone at ground level quite often, but it never hangs around. Anything that uses a high voltage power source creates Ozone in some amount. Laser printers and photocopiers do it quite readily.
I once repaired an automotive scent removal device for a car dealer which was basically just a high voltage ozone generator with a fan.
johnclavis December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
Because oxygen …
Because oxygen isn’t a fuel; it’s a chemical that allows fuel to burn. The only fuel around that could burn was the stick, and it did.
(I *think* that’s the explanation, anyway…)
test123ok December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
when he puts in …
when he puts in flint into the jar, why doesnt the jar full of O2 burst into flames ?
Deathmetalisfun December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
It’s a …
It’s a characteristic called paramagnetism. There are unpaired, or “lone” electrons in the oxygen molecule. In the case of oxygen, it is not expected to be paramagnetic, but that would take much longer to explain. The lone electrons are what cause it to be attracted to a magnet. In the nitrogen molecule, all of the electrons have another electron with them in the same bond/orbital, meaning it is diamagnetic, which is basically the opposite of paramagnetic, in that magnets do not affect it.
kotonaiishida December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
thanks:)
thanks:)
grahamkeithtodd December 30th, 2008, 10:18 pm
then why post such …
then why post such a commit as you did?
mind you i would pay good money to see YOU lose various body parts from beening immersed in liquid oxygen…lol
(and to all you lower life form out there in the universe,remember.. the trick is to bang those rocks together!)