I-Oxygen ikwayiyo eyenza okokuba ukuvutha oku kwenzeke. Oku ke kuthiwa kukuvutha. Xa into ethile isitsha okanye ivutha, i-oxygen idibana nenye into ize ivelise ubushushu nokukhanya. Umzekelo, xa utshisa ukhuni, i-oxygen esemoyeni idibana nokhuni kutsho kwenzeke umlilo. Obu buchule be-oxygen bunemisebenzi emininzi. Kodwa, ikwenza okokuba i-oxygen ecocekileyo ibeyingozi. Ukuba i-oxygen ecocekileyo ikhe yachukumisa idangatye okanye yaqhwitha, isenokuvutha ize ke ngoko yenze umonakalo omkhulu. Ukuvutha kungasetyenziswa ngeendlela ezininzi. umzekelo, xa i-oxygen ithe yaxutywa ne-acetylene, ingadala ilangatye elitshisa kakhulu. Ilangatye elitshisayo lisetyenziswa xa ukutshiswa kwentsimbi Ilangatye elitshisayo lisetyenziswa ukutshiswa kwentsimbi, apho intsimbi ithi itshiswe iphinde inyibilikiswe. Kananjalo, i-oxygen isetyenziswa ukwenza ii-fuels ezinamandla, ezinokusetyenziswa kwii-rockets nakwii-jets.