Keywords
atoms
uninuclear molecules
chemical practices
chemistry teaching
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Abstract
Chemistry has been integrated through a system of scientific and industrial practices developed over centuries.
It is pragmatic, experimental, and relational. Drawing on W. Jensen’s ideas, his chemical revolutions, and his
hierarchy of composition/structure of substances, as well as the IUPAC characterization of the chemical elements
as atomic nucleus, it is relevant to consider replacing the concept of atom with that of the mononuclear molecule
in chemistry teaching.
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