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Sulphur dioxide is a COMPOUND.

It tis a combination of two oxygen atoms with a sulphur atom .

Structurally it is shown as ' O=S=O'. (Very similar to carbon dioxide.

Each oxygen atom is doubly covalently bonded to the sulphur atom.

NB It is NOT a mixture, because mixtures have NO electronic bonding between atoms.

NNB It is NOT an element. It is composed of TWO elements viz. sulphur and oxygen. The Periodic Table gives a list of all the elements. You will not find sulphur dioxide (SO2) listed,as it is a compound, but separately sulphur(S) and oxygen(O).

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