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It is standard when writing a chemical equation that the metal goes before the metal. In this occasion, however, there is two non-metals. But, Hydrogen has a special ability to sometimes be a metal, or sometimes be a non-metal. And this case, it takes the metal identity and comes in first, ahead of oxygen.

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Q: Why does the H come before O in H2O?
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