Английская Википедия:Allotropes of oxygen
Шаблон:Short description There are several known allotropes of oxygen. The most familiar is molecular oxygen (Шаблон:Chem2), present at significant levels in Earth's atmosphere and also known as dioxygen or triplet oxygen. Another is the highly reactive ozone (Шаблон:Chem2). Others are:
- Atomic oxygen (Шаблон:Chem2), a free radical.
- Singlet oxygen (Шаблон:Chem), one of two metastable states of molecular oxygen.
- Tetraoxygen (Шаблон:Chem2), another metastable form.
- Solid oxygen, existing in six variously colored phases, of which one is octaoxygen (Шаблон:Chem2, red oxygen) and another one metallic (ζ-oxygen).
Atomic oxygen
Atomic oxygen, denoted O or O1, is very reactive, as the individual atoms of oxygen tend to quickly bond with nearby molecules. Its lowest-energy electronic state is a spin triplet, designated by the term symbol 3P. On Earth's surface, it exists naturally for a very short time. In outer space, the presence of ample ultraviolet radiation results in a low Earth orbit atmosphere in which 96% of the oxygen occurs in atomic form.[1]
Atomic oxygen has been detected on Mars by Mariner, Viking, and the SOFIA observatory.[2]
Dioxygen
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The common allotrope of elemental oxygen on Earth, Шаблон:Chem2, is generally known as oxygen, but may be called dioxygen, diatomic oxygen, molecular oxygen, dioxidene or oxygen gas to distinguish it from the element itself and from the triatomic allotrope ozone, Шаблон:Chem2. As a major component (about 21% by volume) of Earth's atmosphere, elemental oxygen is most commonly encountered in the diatomic form. Aerobic organisms use atmospheric dioxygen as the terminal oxidant in cellular respiration in order to obtain chemical energy. The ground state of dioxygen is known as triplet oxygen, Шаблон:Chem2, because it has two unpaired electrons. The first excited state, singlet oxygen, Шаблон:Chem2, has no unpaired electrons and is metastable. The doublet state requires an odd number of electrons, and so cannot occur in dioxygen without gaining or losing electrons, such as in the superoxide ion (Шаблон:Chem2) or the dioxygenyl ion (Шаблон:Chem2).
The ground state of Шаблон:Chem2 has a bond length of 121 pm and a bond energy of 498 kJ/mol.[3] It is a colourless gas with a boiling point of Шаблон:Convert.[4] It can be condensed from air by cooling with liquid nitrogen, which has a boiling point of Шаблон:Convert. Liquid oxygen is pale blue in colour, and is quite markedly paramagnetic due to the unpaired electrons; liquid oxygen contained in a flask suspended by a string is attracted to a magnet.
Singlet oxygen
Шаблон:Main Singlet oxygen is the common name used for the two metastable states of molecular oxygen (Шаблон:Chem2) with higher energy than the ground state triplet oxygen. Because of the differences in their electron shells, singlet oxygen has different chemical and physical properties than triplet oxygen, including absorbing and emitting light at different wavelengths. It can be generated in a photosensitized process by energy transfer from dye molecules such as rose bengal, methylene blue or porphyrins, or by chemical processes such as spontaneous decomposition of hydrogen trioxide in water or the reaction of hydrogen peroxide with hypochlorite.
Ozone
Шаблон:Main Triatomic oxygen (ozone, Шаблон:Chem2) is a very reactive allotrope of oxygen that is a pale blue gas at standard temperature and pressure. Liquid and solid Шаблон:Chem2 have a deeper blue color than ordinary Шаблон:Chem2, and they are unstable and explosive.[5][6] In its gas phase, ozone is destructive to materials like rubber and fabric and is damaging to lung tissue.[7] Traces of it can be detected as a pungent, chlorine-like smell,[4] coming from electric motors, laser printers, and photocopiers, as it is formed whenever air is subjected to an electrical discharge. It was named "ozon" in 1840 by Christian Friedrich Schönbein,[8] from ancient Greek ὄζειν (ozein: "to smell") plus the suffix -on, commonly used at the time to designate a derived compound and anglicized as -one.[9]
Ozone is thermodynamically unstable and tends to react toward the more common dioxygen form. It is formed by reaction of intact Шаблон:Chem2 with atomic oxygen produced when UV radiation in the upper atmosphere splits Шаблон:Chem2.[5] Ozone absorbs strongly in the ultraviolet and in the stratosphere functions as a shield for the biosphere against mutagenic and other damaging effects of solar UV radiation (see ozone layer).[5] Tropospheric ozone is formed near the Earth's surface by the photochemical disintegration of nitrogen dioxide in the exhaust of automobiles.[10] Ground-level ozone is an air pollutant that is especially harmful for senior citizens, children, and people with heart and lung conditions such as emphysema, bronchitis, and asthma.[11] The immune system produces ozone as an antimicrobial (see below).[12]
Cyclic ozone
Шаблон:Main Cyclic ozone is a theoretically predicted Шаблон:Chem2 molecule in which its three atoms of oxygen bond in an equilateral triangle instead of an open angle.
Tetraoxygen
Шаблон:Main Tetraoxygen had been suspected to exist since the early 1900s, when it was known as oxozone. It was identified in 2001 by a team led by Fulvio Cacace at the University of Rome.[13] The molecule Шаблон:Chem2 was thought to be in one of the phases of solid oxygen later identified as Шаблон:Chem2. Cacace's team suggested that Шаблон:Chem2 probably consists of two dumbbell-like Шаблон:Chem2 molecules loosely held together by induced dipole dispersion forces.
Phases of solid oxygen
Шаблон:Main There are six known distinct phases of solid oxygen. One of them is a dark-red Шаблон:Chem2 cluster. When oxygen is subjected to a pressure of 96 GPa, it becomes metallic, in a similar manner to hydrogen,[14] and becomes more similar to the heavier chalcogens, such as selenium (exhibiting a pink-red color in its elemental state), tellurium and polonium, both of which show significant metallic character. At very low temperatures, this phase also becomes superconducting.
References
Further reading
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- Theoretical analysis of some and lead-ref for others: Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ "Out of Thin Air" Шаблон:Webarchive.NASA.gov. February 17, 2011.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Chemistry Tutorial : Allotropes Шаблон:Webarchive from AUS-e-TUTE.com.au
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 Mellor 1939
- ↑ Cotton, F. Albert and Wilkinson, Geoffrey (1972). Advanced Inorganic Chemistry: A comprehensive Text. (3rd Edition). New York, London, Sydney, Toronto: Interscience Publications. Шаблон:ISBN.
- ↑ Stwertka 1998, p.48
- ↑ Christian Friedrich Schönbein, Über die Erzeugung des Ozons auf chemischen Wege Шаблон:Webarchive, p. 3, Basel: Schweighauser'sche Buchhandlung, 1844.
- ↑ "Ozone", Oxford English Dictionary online, retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ↑ Stwertka 1998, p.49
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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