Welcome to the International Home Care Nurses Organization. The International Home Care Nurses Organization is a world-wide network of nurses interested in promoting excellence in home-based healthcare throughout the world. We strive to achieve this goal through three initiatives:
The definition of a molecule is the smallest amount of something, particularly of a chemical substance, that can exist on its own. An example of a molecule are two atoms of hydrogen.
Molecules. A molecule is two or more atoms bonded together chemically. An atom is the most basic unit of matter. When atoms are chemically bonded together with covalent bonds, molecules are formed. Molecules can be very small like water molecules or extremely large like proteins such as hemoglobin. Upon examination of a chemical formula for a molecule we see the element symbols marked with a subscripted number. The number represents the amount of that atom present within the molecule. If we are looking at water which has a chemical formula of H 2 O, this refers to 2 atoms of hydrogen bonded to one atom of oxygen.