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?
I asked this question to my nurse in the hospital as a kid (I was a sick child and my grandfather entertained himself and I by teaching math and science…it didn’t take). She said that O2 is pure “breathable” oxygen. I’m not sure if that’s correct but it was something my eight year old brain could wrap itself around.