• Question: If you had a container full of blood and added oxygen to it would it turn blue.

    Asked by 996dech52 to James, Andy, Diana, Mary Jane, Wil on 8 Mar 2017. This question was also asked by ScienceBros.
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      Wilhelmiina Toivo answered on 8 Mar 2017:


      As far as I’m aware, blood is more blu-ish when it doesn’t have oxygen in it – when oxygen reacts with the iron in your blood it turns it red.

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