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Why you cant write h2o2 2ho?

Updated: 9/20/2023
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"2HO" would imply two separate molecules each containing 1 hydrogen atom and 1 oxygen atom. While such a chemical species does exist it is different from H2O2, which consists of 2 hydrogen atoms and 2 oxygen atoms bound together in 1 molecule.

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