why oxygen is written as O2 instead of O ??
Answers
Answered by
5
Because oxygen simply represents oxygen gas
and gas is a compound made of two oxygen atom.
hence it is called O2
When it is said atom then we can write simply O.
and gas is a compound made of two oxygen atom.
hence it is called O2
When it is said atom then we can write simply O.
jaswanthdon123pdufsq:
it is because oxygen has two number of oxygen coponents
Similar questions
Math,
6 months ago
Physics,
6 months ago
Social Sciences,
6 months ago
Social Sciences,
11 months ago
Math,
11 months ago
Math,
1 year ago