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atmospheric oxygen  

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  • The atmosphere is 21% oxygen by volume, which equates to a total of roughly 34 × 1018 mol of oxygen. Other oxygen-containing molecules in the atmosphere include ozone (O3), carbon dioxide (CO2), water vapor (H2O), and sulphur and nitrogen oxides (SO2, NO, N2O, etc.). (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_cycle)

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