Question

A student made this model of a carbon dioxide molecule. its has one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms what is the correct way to write the chemical name of carbon dioxide

Answer 1

The proper way to chemically write carbon dioxide is CO2

Answer 2

The chemical name of carbon dioxide is
`CO_2`.

Step-by-step explanation:

`C+2O\rightarrow CO_2`

In a model of carbon dioxide made by the student there are one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms which means that total atoms in the molecule of carbon-dioxide is three.

While writing the chemical name of the carbon dioxide we will first write the symbol of the electropositive atom and then electronegative atom:
`CO_2`