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which of the following are binary?

Cl2, NaNO3, CaO, HBr, CuCl2, AsH3, NO2

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Depends on how you are using the term "binary".

    I spent 35 years as a computer programmmer so I usually think of binary in a mathematical sense.

    But in chemistry you could mean:

    1. Compounds composed of only two atoms.

    That would include Cl2, CaO, and HBr only.

    or you could mean

    2. A Compound composed of two different types of atoms:

    That would inlcude CaO, HBr, CuCl2, AsH3, and NO2.

    But my guess is that the teacher wants the first definition.

    By the way, Cl2 is usually not called a binary molecule but rather a "diatomic molecule". There is nothing very important about the word "binary" in chemistry.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Cl2, CaO, HBr.

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