Comment on the statement. “A molecule is the smallest particle of a substance (element or compound) which has the properties of the substance and is stable.”
It is true that a molecule is the smallest particle of a substance which has the properties of that substance and is stable. In case of gases as example oxygen, a molecule (O2) is stable and gives properties of oxygen gas, whereas atom ‘O’ is not stable and does not represent oxygen gas. In case of noble gases such as helium, a molecule is of monoatomic helium atom (He) and represents helium gas and is also stable. In case of a compound, e.g., carbon dioxide, properties of carbon dioxide molecule are the properties of carbon dioxide gas. A molecule of carbon dioxide is stable.