What is a molecule containing only two atoms?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-16T01:03:55

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Examples of molecules containing only two atoms are:

$O_{2}$ $"O"_2"$ oxygen gas, also called dioxygen gas

$N_{2}$ $"N"_2$ nitrogen gas, also called dinitrogen gas

${Cl}_{2}$ $"Cl"_2"$ chlorine gas

$SiO$ $"SiO"$ silicon monoxide

$I_{2}$ $"I"_2"$ iodine

If your question was asking what is a molecule containing only two elements, then the answer would be a binary molecule.

Examples:

$H_{2} O$ $"H"_2"O"$ water

${CO}_{2}$ $"CO"_2"$ carbon dioxide

${NO}_{2}$ $"NO"_2"$ nitrogen dioxide

${SO}_{3}$ $"SO"_3"$ sulfur trioxide

$HCl$ $"HCl"$ hydrogen chloride

$H_{2} O_{2}$ $"H"_2"O"_2"$ hydrogen peroxide