Oxygenation
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Oxygenation may refer to:
- Oxygenation (environmental)Oxygenation (environmental)Environmental oxygenation can be important to the sustainability of a particular ecosystem. Insufficient oxygen may occur in bodies of water such as ponds and rivers, tending to suppress the presence of aerobic organisms such as fish...
, a measurement of dissolved oxygen concentration in soil or water - Oxygenation (medical)Oxygenation (medical)Oxygenation occurs when oxygen molecules enter the tissues of the body. For example, blood is oxygenated in the lungs, where oxygen molecules travel from the air and into the blood...
, the process by which concentrations of oxygen increase within a tissue - Water oxygenation, the process of increasing the oxygen saturation of the water
- Dioxygen complexDioxygen complexDioxygen complexes are coordination compounds that contain O2 as a ligand. The study of these compounds is inspired by oxygen-carrying proteins such as myoglobin, hemoglobin, hemerythrin, and hemocyanin. Several transition metals form complexes with O2, and many of these complexes form reversibly...
, the chemical details of how metals bind oxygen - Great Oxygenation EventGreat Oxygenation EventThe Great Oxygenation Event , also called the Oxygen Catastrophe or Oxygen Crisis or Great Oxidation, was the biologically induced appearance of free oxygen in Earth's atmosphere. This major environmental change happened around 2.4 billion years ago.Photosynthesis was producing oxygen both before...
, an ancient event that led to the rise of oxygen within our atmosphere.