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What substance is made of 2 atoms of hydrogen and 2 atoms of oxygen?
Question Date: 2013-02-26
Answer 1:

Two hydrogen atoms and ONE oxygen atom combine to make water. Two hydrogen atoms and two oxygen atoms together make hydrogen peroxide, which is less stable than water. They'd rather make water.



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