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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
What's the difference between carbonite and carbon dioxide? They both have the same formula . . .
gpt
Carbon dioxide is a neutral species. On the other hand, carbonite is a double charged ion, which can be written as [CO2]^(2-). In other words, if you find a way to remove the two excess electrons from carbonite you can get carbon dioxide.