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Understand the difference between atom, molecule, salt (or ionic compound), and
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Whether something is a molecule or not depends on the type of bond that is formed when its atoms join together. ... Something like table salt (NaCl) is a compound because it is made from more than one kind of element (sodium and chlorine), but it is not a molecule because the bond that holds NaCl together is an ionic bond

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