Question

Give the chemical name and molecular formula for two heteroatomic molecules found in air.

Answer 1

• Air is a homogenous mixture of gases containing nitrogen (78%), oxygen (21%) and small traces of other gases like carbon dioxide, argon, neon, hydrogen, methane etc.
• Heteroatomic molecules are those which are made up of more than one kind of atoms example; ${\mathrm{CO}}_2$ (carbon dioxide).
• In air, carbon dioxide exists as ${\mathrm{CO}}_2$ molecule and methane exists as ${\mathrm{CH}}_4$ molecule. Both being heteroatomic are the clear examples of heteroatomic molecules in air.