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  • Oxygen Melting Point: Understanding Sublimation and Phase Transitions
    Oxygen does not have a melting point in the traditional sense. Here's why:

    * Oxygen is a gas at room temperature and pressure. It needs to be cooled significantly to become a liquid and then even further to become a solid.

    * The "melting point" of oxygen is the temperature at which it transitions from a solid to a liquid. However, oxygen transitions directly from a gas to a solid (and vice-versa) at standard atmospheric pressure. This is called sublimation.

    * The "triple point" of oxygen is the temperature and pressure at which all three phases (solid, liquid, and gas) coexist in equilibrium. For oxygen, this point is -218.79°C (-361.82°F) and 0.0015 atmospheres.

    So, while oxygen doesn't have a traditional melting point, it does have a triple point.

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