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Table salt, or NaCl, does not form molecules - rather, it is a collection of Na+ and Cl- ions in a 1:1 ratio, hence the name "ionic compound".

Water, or H2O, is a molecule. It consists of two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to a central oxygen atom.

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