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GCSE Chemistry: Test for oxygen

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  1. What is the laboratory test for oxygen gas?

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    Insert a glowing splint into a test tube of the gas; the splint relights if oxygen is present.

  2. What is the positive result of the glowing splint test for oxygen?

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    The glowing splint relights.

  3. Which gas relights a glowing splint?

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    Oxygen.

  4. The test for oxygen uses a ? splint inserted into a test tube of the gas.

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    glowing

  5. A glowing splint ? when inserted into a test tube of oxygen.

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    relights

  6. In the test for oxygen, should the splint be lit or glowing when inserted?

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    Glowing (not burning with a flame) — it relights in oxygen.

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