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Oxygen (O2) is an element, it consists of only one substance = oxygen

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a compound it consists of carbon and oxygen

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Oxygen is an element.

It exists in two different stable molecular forms: diatomic oxygen molecules and triatomic ozone molecules.

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Oxygen is both an element (O) and a compound (O2). When one uses the term "oxygen", one should indicate if they mean monotomic (O) or diatomic (O2).

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