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Oxygen atoms are different from the atoms of every other elements (true or false)

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True

am not sure but my explanation:

An oxygen atom possesses 8 protons, 8 massive, positively charged nuclear particles. There are also 8 massive, neutrally charged nuclear particles, 8 neutrons in the common isotope, 16O. And orbiting the nuclear core, there are 8 electrons, fundamental particles with negligible mass that each possess a formal negative charge.

Any atom with 8 protons is automatically an oxygen atom by defintion. 7 protons specifies a nitrogen atom; 9 protons specifies a fluorine atom. Of course, oxygen generally takes the form of the dioxygen molecule, O2. The number of protons gives Z, the atomic number, which is different for each element.

User Fabien Thetis
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false I think, but I don't know for sure

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