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Quantitative Chemistry

Moles

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Overview

The mole as the unit of chemical amount, why it is used, the mass of one mole from relative formula mass, the Avogadro constant, and converting between mass and moles.

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Key term

In which unit are chemical amounts measured, and what is the symbol for that unit?

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Which contains more molecules, one mole of oxygen or one mole of ammonia?

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What name is given to the number of particles in one mole of a substance?

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  1. 1

    In which unit are chemical amounts measured, and what is the symbol for that unit?

    Model answer

    In moles, and the symbol is mol.

  2. 2

    Why are chemical amounts measured in moles rather than in numbers of individual particles?

    Model answer

    A mole is a fixed, very large number of particles, so it turns a count of particles into an amount that can be weighed out in the laboratory.

  3. 3

    What is the mass in grams of one mole of a substance equal to?

    Model answer

    It is numerically equal to the relative formula mass of that substance.

  4. 4

    What is the mass of one mole of CO₂, given relative atomic masses C = 12 and O = 16?

    Model answer

    44 g.

  5. 5

    What is the mass of one mole of water, H₂O, given relative atomic masses H = 1 and O = 16?

    Model answer

    18 g.

  6. 6

    How does the number of particles in one mole of one substance compare with the number in one mole of any other substance?

    Model answer

    It is the same number of the stated particles in both.

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