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Introducing Moles

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Moles

Moles are a measurement of chemical amounts.

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Individual atoms

  • Because atoms and molecules are so small, it is inconvenient to talk about individual atoms.
  • Instead, chemical amounts can be measured in moles.

Moles

  • 1 mole of a substance is 6.02x1023 atoms of that substance.
  • This number is called the Avogadro constant.

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