Oxygen
material · 1774 · Industrial Revolution
The gas that supports combustion (Priestley, Scheele).
Inventors: Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Joseph Priestley.
Principles and materials it uses
- Air separation — uses. Industrial oxygen.
Where it is used
- Combustion — is used in. It needs oxygen.
- Heart–lung machine — is used in. Oxygenating the blood.
- Oxygen concentrator — is used in. Oxygen.
- Gas welding — is used in. Oxygen.
- V-2 rocket — is material for. The oxidizer is liquid oxygen.
- R-7 rocket — is material for. The oxidizer is liquid oxygen.