Glowing splint test. When a glowing splint (left) is placed in a tube of oxygen it will reignite (right). Other oxidising gases will also cause the sp

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Glowing splint test. When a glowing splint (left) is placed in a tube of oxygen it will reignite (right). Other oxidising gases will also cause the splint to reignite, so this test is not specific to oxygen.

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