Oxygen is necessary for respiration. You will find this element in the lungs, since about 20% of the air you breathe is oxygen.
Oxygen
65% of Body Weight
Oxygen is present in water and other compounds.
Liquid oxygen in an unsilvered dewar flask. Liquid oxygen is blue.
Warwick Hillier, Australia National University, CanberraMore Science Image Galleries
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