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Why isn't Selenium diatomic but oxygen is?

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Selenium is in the same family as oxygen, yet O2 is stable while I do not think Selenium exists as Se2. Why is that?

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  1. Selenium isn't as electronegative as Oxygen, so it doesn't want the 'partner.'

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