Question

explain why the symbol of oxygen is o2
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Answer 1

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There is a bit of conflation of terms that is confusing: "oxygen" refers to both the element Oxygen as well as the molecule O2, which is its most common form in Earth's atmosphere. That is, the oxygen molecule -- the molecule likely involved in a chemical reactions affected by oxygen in the air -- is composed of two Oxygen atoms. There is also the ozone molecule, O3, which is composed of three Oxygen atoms.

A chemical equation involving just "O" (as opposed to "O2" or "O3") describes a reaction with an unbonded Oxygen atom, which is not commonly found alone.

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Answer 2

The element is O, because the periodic table isn't describing molecules, it's describing atoms. The molecule is O2because it takes 2 O atoms to make a molecule of oxygen. These types of elements are called diatomic elements, because the element exists in its pure form as a molecule composed of 2 atoms of the element