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diatomic molecule

molecule composed of only two atoms of the same or different chemical elements
Class type of: molecule, group of 2 Q1751859
diatomic molecule
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Facts

6 properties
Instance of
structural class of chemical entities
Followed by
triatomic molecule[2]
Subclass of
molecule, group of 2[3][4]
Different from
binary compound[5]
Has part(s) of the class
atom[6]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en diatomic en diatomic molecule ar مزدوج الذرة ar ثنائي الذره ar ثنائية الذرة ar ثنائي الذرة cs dvouatomová molekula da diatomiske gasser de zweiatomiges Molekül el διατομικό μόριο es Compuesto diatómico es Diatómico es molécula diatómica es compuestos diatomicos es Diatomico es compuesto diatómico es Compuesto diatomico es Diatómica es diatómica es Diatomica
🔖 Identifiers · 8
OpenAlex ID
C111806078
Elhuyar ZTH ID
022287
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/diatomic-molecule
Freebase ID
/m/026pf
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
toatomig
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
diatomic-molecules
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
111806078
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007544649405171

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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 7
carbon monoxide, hydroxyl radical, carbon monosulfide, chlorine monoxide, sulfanyl, helium dimer, nitrogen monofluoride
Different from 1
binary compound
Followed by 1
triatomic molecule
Followed by (predecessor) 1
triatomic molecule
Has part(s) of the class 1
atom
Subclass of 1
molecule
← Different from 1
binary compound
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Summary

diatomic molecule is a structural class of chemical entities[1].

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  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · ~2026-37145-11 · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID → toatomig
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: toatomig"
  2. 20w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  3. 26w ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → molecule, group of 2
    Instance of → structural class of chemical entities
    Local thumb → —
    Followed by → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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