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Elemental oxygen is found as a diatomic gas O2 or the reactive triatomic gas O3 rather than as a metal. Chemically it is considered to be a non metal as it forms ionic compounds with many metals. Oxygen has 6 valence electrons and has to 'gain' two more electrons to be stable.

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