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How many eletrons are in oxygen?

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An oxygen atom has always 8 electrons (unless it's an ion where it has picked up 2 electrons and carries a -2 charge).

In an O2 molecule there are 2*8 = 16 electrons and in an O3 molecule there are 3*8 = 24 electrons.

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