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Oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium, and polonium are in group 16 of the periodic table. Oxygen exists as a gas due to weak intermolecular attractions between oxygen molecules, while the other elements are solids. Sulfur can form up to six bonds by accessing excited states, while oxygen is limited to two bonds due to its small size and lack of d orbitals. Oxygen readily forms many stable oxides due to its high electronegativity and the high lattice energies of oxides. Sulfur has the highest catenation abili

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