Why can iron be broken down into atoms, but water can only be broken down to molecules?

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Chemistry

Emmanuel Hess

25 May, 00:08

Why can iron be broken down into atoms, but water can only be broken down to molecules?

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Curtis Harding · Answer 1

Iron is matter; since the smallest unit of matter is atoms, iron could be brokolen down into atoms. unlike iron, water is a molecule made from atoms that were chemically combined, so water could be broken down into molecules.