Hoʻopau ka oxygen i kekahi mau ʻano puhi ahi, ʻaʻole naʻe kekahi.
He mea ikaika ka puhi ahi, hoʻokuʻu wela-hoʻemi hoʻoemi ʻana, pono i ekolu mau mea: he mea oxidant, he mea hoemi, a me kahi mahana e hoʻokō ai i ka paepae ʻā.
ʻOiai ʻo ka oxygen he mea oxidizer kaulana, ʻaʻole ʻo ia ka luna hoʻokahi i hiki ke hana i kēia kuleana. ʻo kahi laʻana, i ke ahi o hydrogen, ʻAi ʻia nā kinoea hydrogen a me ka chlorine ma kahi o ka oxygen.