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What is the chemical symbol for air?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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14y ago

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If by air you mean oxygen, it is simply "O." There are certainly more complicated answers considering the presence of other gases. That will vary depending on a number of things such as location, elevation and so on.
Air does not have a chemical formula because air is neither an element nor a chemical compound. Air is mixture of Oxygen (element), carbon dioxide (chemical compound), nitrogen (element), and water as humidity (chemical compound).

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14y ago

No. There are chemical symbols for things inside the air but not air itself.

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Air is a complex mixture of elements, organic and inorganic compounds, and small airborne particles of great number, with various descriptions and chemical compositions. Also, many external factors impact it's composition, so no chemical symbolism would apply.

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14y ago

Air is a mixture of a several gases. Primarily...

  • ~78% N2 (nitrogen)
  • ~21% O2 (oxygen)
  • ~1% Ar (argon)
  • <1% CO2 (carbon dioxide)
  • And trace amounts of assorted others.
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11y ago

Air is not an element. Therefore, you will not find a symbol for air on the Periodic Table of elements. However, air is mostly nitrogen and oxygen which are both elements. The symbol for nitrogen is N and the symbol for oxygen is O.

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12y ago

The element for air is anything that contains more than 75 percent of air. that's what i say

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