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  • Molecular Formation: Understanding How Atoms Combine
    When two atoms combine, they form a molecule.

    Here's a bit more detail:

    * Chemical Bonding: Atoms combine through chemical bonds, which are forces that hold atoms together. These bonds can be formed by sharing electrons (covalent bonds) or by transferring electrons (ionic bonds).

    * Types of Molecules: Molecules can be made of two atoms of the same element (like O2, oxygen gas) or two or more atoms of different elements (like H2O, water).

    * Properties: The properties of a molecule are often very different from the properties of the individual atoms that make it up. For example, the atoms of sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl) are highly reactive, but when they combine to form sodium chloride (NaCl), they create a stable compound, table salt.

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