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How can you tell there is only one atom of oxygen in H2O?
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How can you tell there is only one atom of oxygen in H2O?

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For H2O, there is one atom of oxygen and two atoms of hydrogen. A molecule can be made of only one type of atom. In its stable molecular form, oxygen exists as two atoms and is written O2. to distinguish it from an atom of oxygen O, or ozone, a molecule of three oxygen atoms, O3.

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