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:

$"O"_2"$ oxygen gas, also called dioxygen gas

$"N"_2$ nitrogen gas, also called dinitrogen gas

$"Cl"_2"$ chlorine gas

$"SiO"$ silicon monoxide

$"I"_2"$ iodine

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

Examples:

$"H"_2"O"$ water

$"CO"_2"$ carbon dioxide

$"NO"_2"$ nitrogen dioxide

$"SO"_3"$ sulfur trioxide

$"HCl"$ hydrogen chloride

$"H"_2"O"_2"$ hydrogen peroxide