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The name of the chemical that can absorb all the oxygen in the air of a room, car, or any small space is cobalt. Yes, you heard me right. Cobalt. The same stuff that makes your blue glassware an…   Top stories for {NAME} [Quora](   [What is the name of the chemical that can absorb all the oxygen in the air of a room, car, or any small space?]( Silk Road, Physics/History Connoisseur, AI Machine Learning. • [Answered May 14, 2023]( [The name of the chemical that can absorb all the oxygen in the air of a room, car, or any small space is cobalt. Yes, you heard me right. Cobalt. The same stuff that makes ... Read more » [Upvote] 3.6K [Comment] 198](   [My Canada visa got stuck after biometrics. It’s been 75 days. Am I going to be denied the visa?]( Rajiv Arora, CEO at Nationwide Immigration Services • [Answered July 25]( [It's understandable to feel anxious when your visa application seems to be stuck, especially after biometrics. 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