(above) oxygen image # 2: picture showing oxygen molecules in a gas. This image is 500 x 500 pixels; the original image is 4000 x 4000 pixels.
EXPLANATION OF OXYGEN IMAGES
OXYGEN MOLECULE KEY:
- red spheres = oxygen (O) atoms drawn at approximately their covalent radius
- greenish bubble = "surface" of the molecule created from the individual van der Waals surface
Oxygen the gas: a reactive gas that is essential for life.
Oxygen Structure: oxygen consists of two oxygen atoms covalently linked. All of these images are pictures of highly simplified models.