How to Use diatomic in a Sentence
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In this case, the culprit is diatomic carbon, a molecule made of two carbon atoms.
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Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
15 Jan. 2026
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This begs the question however, if diatomic carbon was absent only a month earlier, how is the comet suddenly green now?
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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With the darkness provided by the lunar eclipse, the first explanation for this green color is that the comet may have diatomic carbon (C2).
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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On the other hand, diatomic nitrogen, or N2, which makes up 78% of our atmosphere, is totally balanced.
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Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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But atmospheric nitrogen exists as the diatomic molecule N2, which is inert and therefore unusable in biological processes.
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Quanta Magazine,
29 May 2026
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However, in August, astronomers at Kitt Peak Observatory in Arizona found that 3I/ATLAS is actually poor in carbon-chain molecules, including diatomic carbon.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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