Does boiling water have oxygen

There are two different ways to ask this question, each dealing with two different ways that water can "have" oxygen in it. It is important to understand the question being asked because each interpretation has a different answer. 1. Does boiling water contain dissolved oxygen? 2. Does water contain oxygen? The answers: 1. No, boiling water does not contain dissolved oxygen. The hotter a substance is, the more energy the molecules have. There are gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen (O2) dissolved in cold water. As the temperature increases, these gases gain energy which lets them escape from the liquid water in which they are trapped. To relate this phenomenon to something encountered in daily life, a cold can of Coca-Cola has more fizz than a warm one. The fizz is the result of gases escaping from the cold liquid. The warmer Coca-Cola does not contain as much dissolved gas, so it is "flat." 2. Yes, water contains oxygen. The molecular formula for water is H2O, meaning that there are two covalently bonded hydrogens to each oxygen. Change this formula, and you don't have something that can be called "water" anymore. A common misconception is that the process of boiling creates oxygen and hydrogen gases (O2 and H2), which is simply not true. The act of boiling water imparts energy to the liquid water molecules. This energy is enough to break the hydrogen bonds that hold the water molecules together in liquid form. Once these bonds are broken, the water molecules vaporize and go from being H2O (liquid) to H2O (gas). Therefore, the vapor produced as water boils is water vapor. Before the boiling point is reached, you can see the dissolved gases initially present in the cold water (for example, CO2 and O2) forming bubbles and rising to the top. Remember, these were initially present-- they are not a result of the covalent O-H bonds in water being broken as part of the boiling process. The covalent O-H bonds are not broken during boiling, only water vapor is formed.