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What is the symbol for
oxygen?
A. Ox
B. Og
C. O
D. Oy
E

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In Science and Chemistry, the symbol for oxygen include the following: C. 0.

In Chemistry, a periodic table is an organized tabular array of all the chemical elements that are typically arranged in order of increasing atomic number (number of protons), in rows.

A chemical element is a pure substance that comprises atoms having the same atomic number (number of protons) in its nuclei and as such, it is the primary constituent of matter.

Oxygen is a chemical element with an atomic number of 8 (eight protons in its nucleus) and a mass number of 15.999 amu. Also, oxygen is represented by the chemical symbol O.

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