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Which oxygen ion is present in an ordinary oxide?
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Iron oxide (rust) on a bolt.
In an ordinary oxide, the oxygen is present as the oxide ion, which is represented as .123
While oxygen can form other speciesāsuch as peroxides containing the ion or superoxides containing the ionāthese are distinct from ordinary oxides. In the crystalline structure of ionic metal oxides, the anion is the characteristic component.132