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When oxygen bonds to itself to form breathable oxygen gas what kind of bond is involved? a. ionic b. covalent c. oxygenated d. non-metallic

When oxygen bonds to itself to form breathable oxygen gas what kind of bond is involved? a. ionic b. covalent c. oxygenated d. non-metallic
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When oxygen bonds to itself to form breathable oxygen gas what kind of bond is involved?

a. ionic
b. covalent
c. oxygenated
d. non-metallic

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User Fabio Buda
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The correcr anwer is B. The chemical bond between two oxygen atoms is a covalent bond, specifically double covalent bond. The two atoms share two pairs of electrons in order to achieve the most stable structure. Other examples are CO2 and C2H4.
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