Editing Liquid oxygen (section)

{{short description|One of the physical forms of elemental oxygen}}
{{About|the liquid form of the element oxygen|the commercial dietary supplement product|Liquid Oxygen (supplement)}}
{{Redirect|LOX||Lox (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Liquid oxygen in a beaker (cropped and retouched).jpg|thumb|Liquid oxygen ({{chem2|O2}}) ([[cyan]] liquid) in a beaker.]]
[[File:Liquid oxygen in a magnet 2.jpg|thumb|When liquid oxygen ({{chem2|O2}}) is poured from a beaker into a strong magnet, the oxygen is temporarily suspended between the magnet poles, owing to its paramagnetism.]]
'''Liquid oxygen''', sometimes abbreviated as '''LOX''' or '''LOXygen''', is a clear [[cyan]] [[liquid]] form of [[dioxygen]] {{chem2|O2}}. It was used as the [[Oxidizing agent|oxidizer]] in the first liquid-fueled rocket invented in 1926 by [[Robert H. Goddard]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-liquid-fueled-rocket|title=First liquid-fueled rocket|website=HISTORY|language=en|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref> an application which is ongoing.