Dot-and-cross diagram of water (H₂O)

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Dot-and-cross diagram of water: an oxygen circle overlapping two hydrogen circles, a dot and a cross in each overlap, and two lone pairs of dots on the oxygen — A dot-and-cross diagram of a water molecule, H₂O, outer shells only. The oxygen atom’s circle overlaps each hydrogen atom’s, and each overlap holds one shared pair: a dot from the oxygen and a cross from the hydrogen. The oxygen’s two lone pairs of dots sit on its own circle, so it has 8 electrons and each hydrogen 2.

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O: 2 bonding pairs, 2 lone pairs
Each H: 1 bonding pair, no lone pairs

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