Oxygen Destroyer
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The Oxygen Destroyer was a fictional weapon of mass destruction used to kill Godzilla in the original 1954 film. It was an invention of Dr. Serizawa, who feared the power of the weapon and in the end of the film, kills himself when detonating the weapon underwater to kill Godzilla.
How an "Oxygen Destroyer" works underwater without appearing to turn the area into pure hydrogen is unclear. It has been surmised that the weapon works by destroying oxygen molecules, so that any organism's atomic structure would be ravaged, then it liquifies the area that it devastates, making it sterile. Another explanation for the liquifaction of organic tissue would be that the Oxygen Destroyer acts as a chemical catalyst which forces the dissolution of oxygen and hydrogen atoms in a living organism into molecules of water, dissolving the living tissues in the process without affecting surrounding water molecules.
The Oxygen Destroyer was later revealed to have awoken prehistoric creatures that mutated into the monster Destoroyah for the 1995 film Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.
Real Life
CFCs may not have the destructive power of the oxygen destroyer, but they do break down ozone molecules by acting as a catalyst.
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| Technology:
| Oxygen Destroyer · Markalite · Gotengo · Super X |
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