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Uses: Oxygen is used as very versatile element with many applications from medical, textiles, protection from radiation.
Exposure to large amounts of oxygen can cause seizures, respiratory problems and muscular and visual issues.
However, should there be an oxygen-deficient environment caused by release of a large quantity of Butane, especially in a confined space, a person may experience symptoms such as headache, ringing in the ears, dizziness, drowsiness, unconsciousness, nausea, vomiting and depression of all the senses.
Being confined to an oxygen-deficient environment for a prolonged period of time can even prove fatal.
Description: Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen and helium and the most abundant element by mass in the Earth's crust.
Diatomic oxygen gas constitutes 20.8% of the volume of air.