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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

I tought a water molecule is 2 atoms of hydrogen and 1 atom of oxygen? Or does it not count as an atom anymore when it's part of a molecule?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Technically molecules consist of ions, not atoms. Though now that I look it up, they're used more or less interchangeably in English in this context.

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