> I guess I need to go back to elementary science.
> Am I remembering correctly - aren't elements atomic and compounds
> molecular??
Generally (not always), even elements form molecules. Oxygen definitely
forms O2 (meaning two atoms of oxygen per molecule) or O3 (which is ozone
and rapidly degrades to O2); and ISTR that nitrogen forms N2 normally.
But I don't think you can look at molecule size (or atom size) and form
meaningful conclusions about permeability. At least that's not the way I
remember it.
Randall
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