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Test for Oxygen (AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy): Revision Note

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Test for oxygen

  • The test for oxygen consists of placing a glowing splint inside a test tube of gas

  • If the gas is oxygen the splint will relight

Test for oxygen 

Test for Oxygen gas showing a glowing splint in a test tube relighting.

Oxygen relights a glowing splint

Examiner Tips and Tricks

Sometimes the splint does not relight, but it glows very brightly, which is also a positive result. In an exam, however, it is best to state it relights the glowing splint.

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