what is the difference between the symbol and the formula of oxygen
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The common confusion here is that two very different things have the same name. OO is a free oxygen atom and O2OX2 is two oxygen atoms chemically bound to form an oxygen molecule.
There is no common analogy for CC, but N2NX2 is called nitrogen, H2HX2 is hydrogen and Cl2ClX2 is chlorine, each having the same name as that of their constituent elements.
So, to reiterate, the difference between oxygen (O)(O) and oxygen (O2)(OX2) is that the former is an oxygen atom while the latter consists of two OOatoms bound together, forming a molecule also called oxygen.
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