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Is O2 a compound or a molecule?

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Oxygen is an element. A compound is two or more elements chemically combined. A mixture is two or more elements physically combined (ie. ... Oxygen gas is made of molecules containing only oxygen

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Oxygen in the atmosphere is a molecule because it contains molecular bonds. It is not a compound because it is made from atoms of only one element

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