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In chemistry, an octatomic element is an element that, at some standard temperature and pressure, is in a configuration of eight atoms bound together (a homonuclear molecule). The canonical example is sulfur, S8, [1] but red selenium is also an octatomic element stable at room temperature. Octaoxygen is also known, but it is extremely unstable.
