difference between particles and molecules
What is the difference between a particle and an atom? A particle is of indeterminate size. Large 'particles' may be suspended in something like water and cause that substance to look cloudy. Smaller particles may be the subatomicâ¦ particles like protons, neutrons, and electrons that make up atoms. Different atoms have different numbers of these particles, expecially protons which determine which atom it is.
Molecules are the smallest particles of a compound or a compound element. The term compound element isn't seen much anymore, but it describes molecules formed from two or more atoms of the same element. Molecular oxygen, O2, ozone, O3, nitrogen, N2, phosphorous, P4, and sulfur S8 are some examples.