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Spy Crab · Stefan V.
Nov 30, 2017

The central atom in carbon dioxide is a singular carbon atom and there are 2 other atoms attached to the carbon atom.

Explanation:

The center carbon #("C")# atom has a double bond to two oxygen #("O")# atoms.

#"O" = "C" = "O"#

So keep in mind that in the future to use the chemical symbols of elements to find out what they are. For example, #"C"# is carbon and #"O"# is oxygen, and since there are 2 oxygen atoms, it needs to be written as #"O"_2#.

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