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==Allotropes== There are several allotropes of oxygen. {| border="0" align="center" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" style="width:500px;" class="article-table" |- ! scope="col"|Formula ! scope="col"|Name ! scope="col"|Properties |- |O |Atomic oxygen |A single atom of oygen is a free radical that will bond quickly to other molecules and oxygen atoms, making it much more prevalent in the upper regions of the rarified atmosphere prevalent in low-Earth orbit. |- |O<sub>2</sub> |Dioxygen |The most common form of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere. |- |O<sub>3</sub> |Ozone |Ozone is a more unstable allotrope of oxygen that is formed within the ozone layer of the atmosphere, also absorbing UV radiation, the very thing that contributes to it's creation. |- |O<sub>4</sub> |Oxozone / Tetraoxygen |Suggested to exist in 1924, tetraoxygen is an extremely rare allotrope of oxygen which was shown capable of being produced in 2001.<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/1521-3773%2820011105%2940%3A21%3C4062%3A%3AAID-ANIE4062%3E3.0.CO%3B2-X</ref> |- |O<sub>8</sub> |Red oxygen / ε oxygen |Red oxygen is a form of solid oxygen formed at pressures exceeding 10 GPa (1,450,377 psi) at room temperatures. When these pressures are exceeded the oxygen will turn from a pale blue to a deep red, turning into a crystal structure consisting of repeating rhombic O<sub>8</sub> units which are in turn composed of four sets of O<sub>2</sub> molecules. |}
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