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You can have a one atom molecule, depending upon which definition you look at.
by crusso 11y ago
You can have a one atom molecule, depending upon which definition you look at.
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- burkaman 11y agoI have never seen that definition and I can't find it online anywhere. Wikipedia gives 6 pretty solid looking references for the "two or more atoms" definition.
- bonobo 11y agoThe same Wikipedia page on molecules that says they have "two or more atoms held together" also says this in the next paragraph: In the kinetic theory of gases, the term molecule is often used for any gaseous particle regardless of its composition. According to this definition, noble gas atoms are considered molecules despite being composed of a single non-bonded atom.
- burkaman 11y agoWell, my bad, should have read farther.
- enraged_camel 11y agoThere isn't a single definition of "molecule" that includes fewer than two atoms.
- crusso 11y agoOne google search and I saw two of them, including in Wikipedia.