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Why formula of hydroxide is OH?

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oxygen hydroxide

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Are you doing organic or inorganic chemistry? This group has two names.

Inorganic chemists call this a Hydroxide group. Organic chemists call it an Alcohol group.

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The formula for Hydroxide is OH because it is made up of one Oxygen atom and one Hydrogen atom.

The formulas for Oxygen and Hydrogen are O and H respectively, so the formula is OH.

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