Answer by ayesha for What is the difference between O & O2
Symbol of an element only represent one atom of that element.The chemical formula of an metal element is same as its symbol however this is not true for non metals as they exist as covalent...
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Context is important. C is the atomic symbol for carbon and can represent not only the element, (but one or more) atoms of the element, as well as the element as it exists in the understood (implied)...
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O is a singular oxygen atom. O2 is a molecule made of two oxygen molecules. Our atmosphere is made of mostly O2, which our bodies have evolved to breathe. We breathe in O2 and cellular respiration...
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Sometimes we use terminology a little loosely.When we are just talking about the element, then just using the symbol by itself is clear. But sometimes we need to describe how the element appears in the...
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The common confusion here is that two very different things have the same name. $\ce O$ is a free oxygen atom and $\ce{O2}$ is two oxygen atoms chemically bound to form an oxygen molecule.There is no...
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What is the difference between $\ce{O}$ and $\ce{O2}$.If C is carbon and then why $\ce{O2}$ is oxygen.
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