A molecule is the smallest particle that is the same compound. Obviously molecules can be broken down further into atoms and these in turn could be broken down into fundamental particles.
Molecule is the smallest particle that still holds the same compound.
Molecule is the smallest particle that still holds the same compound.
Name 2 examples of complex molecules
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.
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A molecule is the smallest particle that is the same compound. Obviously molecules can be broken down further into atoms and these in turn could be broken down into fundamental particles.
The atom.
A molecule.
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This unit is a molecule.
There are two definitions that can answer particulate identity at its singular unit. If the given is a pure element, the smallest particle retaining identity would be the individual atom (or diatomic molecule in some gases as in O2). If the substance is a molecular compound such as water, its smallest identifying unit would be a single H20 molecule.