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Oxygen is written as 'o' or ^'o₂'

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The symbol for oxygen is O. Thus, an oxygen atom is denoted by simply O. Similarly, two oxygen atoms will be denoted by 2O. However, oxygen molecule, which consists of two atoms of oxygen is denoted by O₂.

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