Question

If oxygen is an atom then is oxide an element

Answer 1

sorry reverse the question

Answer 2

It's true in some ways. Oxide is an oxygen atom with 2 extra electrons or an anion if you will. Oxygen itself is both an element and atom.

Answer 3

pls... explain me in detail

Answer 4

Better if you read it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxide

Answer 5

An atom is just that. A single atom consisting of a nucleus with electrons. An element is something defined by the atomic number. Oxide is a subset of oxygen. It is a specific type of oxygen atom with extra electrons to fill the valence shell (outermost electron orbit).

Answer 6

Oxide is an ion composed by the element oxygen.
It's an mono-atomic (elemental, of course) anion.

Answer 7

oxide is sth ionic, eg hydrogen oxide is in fact the compound of hydrogen ions and oxygen ions,
oxygen is an element.
an oxygen atoms is a particle that contains 8 protons , 8 neutrons (maybe there's some isotopes) and 8 electrons.