Question

what is the difference between an oxide and a dioxide?

Answer 1

Explanation:

is that dioxide is (chemistry) any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule while oxide is (chemistry) a binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Oxide(O) is one molecule of oxygen with one atom in it.And dioxide(O2) is one molecule of oxygen with two atoms in it.

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