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What is the picture of Lewis Structure of O2

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Write the symbols for the two oxygen atoms (O).

Represent the outer shell electrons around each oxygen atom using dots.

Oxygen needs a total of eight electrons to have a full outer shell, so the two oxygen atoms share two pairs of electrons, forming a double bond.

It looks something like this:

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O - O

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Includes a shell of 8 valence electrons, and two double bonds.

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