Name the non- metal that readily reacts with oxygen, even without heating.
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The reactions of carbon and sulfur with oxygen are examples of non-metals reacting with oxygen. Carbon and sulfur both form dioxides with oxygen, but this is not true of all non-metals.
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Oxygen is all around us in the air we breathe. It is a very reactive element. When an element is reactive, it means that it will readily react with many other substances. We saw evidence of the reactive nature of oxygen when we observed how it reacted with iron and magnesium to form metal oxides.
Substances that are not reactive are called unreactive or inert.
When a substance reacts with oxygen, we say it oxidises. It is called an oxidation reaction. Early chemists used the term oxidation for all reactions in which oxygen was a reactant. The definition of an oxidation reaction is broader and includes other reactions which you will learn about in Gr. 10 if you continue with Physical Sciences.