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The element "h2o" is water.

It was one hydrogen atom and two oxygen atoms.

This is completely backwards. The "2" means 2 hydrogens and ONE oxygen. Another term for water is Di-hydrogen-oxide.

Di = Two >

Hydrogen = Hydrogen [duh] >

Oxide = Oxygen

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