Why do we called water as hydrogen dioxide?
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H20 is actually called Dihydrogen Monoxide (water), not Hydrogen Dioxide. HO2 would be Hydrogen Dioxide. ... H2O. 2 Hydrogen, 1 Oxygen. But it's not called that - it's called dihydrogen oxide, because calling ithydrogen dioxide would mean that it has 2 oxygen atoms, but it doesn't.
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It is known as dihydrogen monoxide or dihydrogen oxide.....
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