How many elements make up a molecule?

Answer 1

Hannah Peereboom says: that NaCl is salt. 2 atoms make up NaCl, salt, and if salt was composed of more atoms it would end up, as an example, Na2Cl3, 2 sodium atoms and 3 chlorine atoms, or something.It really depends on what the molecule is. Water is made up of two different elements: hydrogen and oxygen. Rubbing alcohol, on the other hand, is made up of three elements: hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen. Amino acids can be made up of as many as 5 elements (like in Methionine or Cysteine).

However, you should be able to distinguish how many ATOMS are in a molecule as well. For example, as in water, there are 3 total ATOMS, but 2 different ELEMENTS (2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen). Rubbing alcohol has 12 total atoms, but 3 different elements present (3 carbons, 1 oxygen, and 8 hydrogens).

Answer 2

There is no proper answer to this because some molecules -those of hydrogen, for example - have only one element. Others may have hundreds, if they are complicated molecules.

Answer 3

i think that it is 4 probably i dont know if it is correct or not