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Question
List uses of oxygen.
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Solution
- All living things use oxygen for breathing.
- Oxygen is essential for burning.
- Oxygen cylinders are used in hospitals to enable patients to breathe when they cannot breathe normally.
- Oxygen is used in gas welding.
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