Tom Skerritt. Biography: Tom Skerritt is probably the best-known actor whose name is never remembered. A rugged outdoors type, Skerritt briefly attended Wayne State University and UCLA before making his film bow in [[Feature~V115961~War Hunt~warhunt]] (1962). His...
The chemical formula for oxygen is O2 and for individual oxygen  atom its symbol is O.   Gases such as oxygen exist as diatomic molecules.
Best Answer: All atoms are neutral. An oxygen atom is neutral. The oxygen molecule, O2 is neutral. The oxygen ion has taken on 2 additional electrons from another atom to become the O^-2 ion. Oxygen, from column 6 has 8 electrons, 2 in the first energy level[now that level is full] and 6 in the outer energy level.