The traditional answer is molecule. However, it is not now usual to refer to a formula unit of an ionic compound in this way.
This is the molecule.
Molecule
A molecule is the smallest part of a chemical compound.
Well the question I was asked was "The union of two or more atoms of the same element, or the smallest part of a compound that retains the compound's properties is called a(n)" A molecule.
A molecule
A molecule is the smallest part of a compound that still retains the properties of said compound. As the atom is the smallest particle of an element into which it can be divided and still retain all the properties of that element, the molecule is the atom's analog for a compound.
That's an atom of gold. An atom is the smallest representative particle of an element.
Atom
A molecule thereof.
The smallest part of substance that still retains the properties of that compound is called an atom. All things are made of atoms.
A molecule is the smallest part of a compound that still retains the properties of said compound. As the atom is the smallest particle of an element into which it can be divided and still retain all the properties of that element, the molecule is the atom's analog for a compound.
A molecule or formula unit.
The smallest subdivision that retains all of the properties of a molecular compound is a molecule, and the smallest subdivision that retains all of the properties of a ionic compound is a formula unit.
The smallest part of matter that retains its own chemical properties is called a(n) _______.
The smallest part of a compound is the atom.
Answera molecule is the smallest part of a compound (study island)The smallest part of a compound is an atom.A Molecule
A molecule is the smallest particle of a "compound" being that compounds are made up of more than one atom. The smallest particle of any "chemical element" that retains its properties would be the atom.
An atom.
The atom is the smallest particle of an element that retains it's characteristics. Sub-atomic particles such as protons, neutrons and electrons form the atom and it is the amount of each of these sub-atomic particles that make the element that element.