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Is it true three or more different atoms are necessary to call a compound a molecule

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When a molecule is made up of two or more atoms of different elements, it is called a chemical compound. Thus, a unit of water, or H2O, is a compound, as is a single molecule of the gas methane, or CH4.

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Yes this statement is true
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