what is the constituent elements and symbols of oxygen?
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Oxygen is represented by the chemical symbol O. In the air, oxygen exists mostly as molecules each made up of two atoms (O2), although small amounts of ozone (O3), in which three atoms of oxygen make up each molecule, are present in the atmosphere.
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The constituent element is oxygen atoms and the symbol of oxygen is O.
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- An element can be defined as a substance that cannot be broken down into any other substance which means that every element is made up of its own type of atom.
- A molecule of oxygen is represented as O₂.
- 2 atom of oxygen makes an oxygen molecule.
- This means that the oxygen compound is made up of oxygen element.
- Oxygen is represented by the symbol O and is placed in the 2nd period of the 16th group in a periodic table.
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