Atoms and molecules in mirce mechanics approach to reliability

Although reliability is defined through probability characteristics, the full understanding of it is only possible by observing, analysing and understanding failures of systems, which are defined as negative functionability events in Mirce Mechanics. Thus, this paper presents the fundamental properties of atoms and molecules, as a prerequisite for the scientific understanding of functionability phenomena that lead to the occurrence of negative functionability events during the life of a system. (author)