Exactly as the title asks.
Pure oxygen is generally represented as O2 yet oxygen is an element of the periodic table. Why is it O2 and not just O?
Exactly as the title asks.
Pure oxygen is generally represented as O2 yet oxygen is an element of the periodic table. Why is it O2 and not just O?
The vast majority of oxygen on earth is bound into mineral oxides in the crust. Only a tiny amount of the total oxygen is in the air or the oceans.