Atomic theory formula for the water molecule (HO), or 16 if one assumes the modern water formula (HO). The flaw in Dalton's theory was corrected in principle in 1811 by Amedeo Avogadro. Avogadro had proposed that equal volumes of any two gases, at equal temperature and pressure, contain equal numbers of molecules (in other words, the mass of a gas's particles does not affect the volume that it occupies). Avogadro's law allowed him to deduce the diatomic nature of numerous gases by studying the volumes at which they reacted. For instance: since two liters of hydrogen will react with just one liter
Industrial gas since all isotopes are radiogenic nuclides from radioactive decay. (It is not known if any synthetic elements with atomic number above 108 are gases.) The elements which are stable two atom homonuclear molecules at standard temperature and pressure (STP), are hydrogen (H), nitrogen (N) and oxygen (O), plus the halogens fluorine (F) and chlorine (Cl). The noble gases are all monatomic. In the industrial gases industry the term "elemental gases" (or sometimes less accurately "molecular gases") is used to distinguish these gases from molecules that are also chemical compounds. These elements are all nonmetals. Radon is chemically stable, but it