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How does the formula for water tell you that there is only one oxygen atom in a water molecule ?
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How does the formula for water tell you that there is only one oxygen atom in a water molecule ?

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This is a water molecule. ... Water is made up of two hydrogen (H) atoms and one oxygen (O) atom. The formula for water is H2O. The hydrogen atoms have filled orbitals with two electrons and the oxygen atom is filled with eight electrons.
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