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This question requires an understanding of what avogadro's number actually represents. Avogadro's number, 6.022. 10 23 is the number of things in one mole. The question indicates that there is 1 mole of H 2. Thus there are 6.022. 10 23 molecules of H 2. (One atomic mass unit = 1.66 × 10-22 g.) The number of atoms or molecules in one mole of an element or compound has been named Avogadro's number, in honor of his realization about the numbers of particles in gases. As stated above, that number has been determined to be 6.0225 × 10 23.

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Mole, Mass & Avogadro Constant

• An amount of substance containing 6.02 × 10²³ particles is called a mole (often abbreviated to mol).
• 6.02 × 10²³ is called the Avogadro Constant or Avogadro's Number.

The following diagram shows how to convert between Mass, Mole and Number of particles. Scroll down the page for more examples and solutions.

Example:

One mole of carbon contains 6.02 × 10²³ of carbon atoms.
One mole of oxygen contains 6.02 × 10²³ of oxygen molecules

Molar mass

• The mass of one mole of a substance is called the molar mass.
• The molar mass of a substance is equal to its relative formula mass in grams.

Example:
What is the mass of 1 mole of carbon?

Solution:
The mass of 1 mole of carbon = relative formula mass of carbon = 12 grams

Example:
What is the molar mass of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃)?

Solution:

Step 1: Look up the relative atomic masses of the atoms from the periodic table.
Relative atomic mass (rounded to the nearest whole number):
Ca = 40, C = 12, O = 16

Step 2: Calculate the relative formula mass.
Calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) contains one calcium atom, one carbon atom and three oxygen atoms.
Relative formula mass = 40 + 12 + (3 × 16) = 100

Step 3: Express the relative formula mass in grams per mole.
The molar mass of ethanol is 100 g/mol

Example:
What is the molar mass of ethanol (C₂H₅OH)?

Solution:
Step 1: Look up the relative atomic masses of the atoms from the periodic table.
Relative atomic mass (rounded to the nearest whole number):
H = 1, C = 12, O = 16

Step 2: Calculate the relative formula mass.
Ethanol (C₂H₅OH) contains two carbon atoms, six hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
Relative formula mass = (2 × 12) + (6 × 1) + 16 = 46

Step 3: Express the relative formula mass in grams per mole.
The molar mass of ethanol is 46 g/mol

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Avogadro's number is the number of particles in one mole of any substance. Its numerical value is 6.02225 × 10²³. One mole of oxygen gas contains 6.02 × 10²³molecules of oxygen, while one mole of sodium chloride contains 6.02 × 10²³sodium ions and 6.02 × 10²³ chloride ions. Avogadro's number is used extensively in calculating the volumes, masses, and numbers of particles involved in chemical changes.

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The concept that a mole of any substance contains the same number of particles arose out of research conducted in the early 1800s by the Italian physicist Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856). Avogadro based his work on the earlier discovery by Joseph Gay-Lussac that gases combine with each other in simple, whole-number ratios of volumes. For example, one liter of oxygen combines with two liters of hydrogen to make two liters of water vapor.

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Avogadro argued that the only way Gay-Lussac's discovery could be explained was to assume that one liter of any gas contains the same number of particles as one liter of any other gas. To explain the water example above, he further hypothesized that the particles of at least some gases consist of two particles bound together, a structure to which he gave the name molecule.

The question then becomes, 'What is this number of particles in a liter of any gas?' Avogadro himself never attempted to calculate this. Other scientists did make that effort, however. In 1865, for example, the German physicist J. Loschmidt estimated the number of molecules in a liter of gas to be 2.7 × 10²². The accepted value today is 2.69 × 10²².

For all elements and compounds, not just gases, a given weight must contain a certain number of atoms or molecules. A weight (in grams) equal to the atomic or molecular weight of the substance-that is, one mole of any element or compound-must contain the same number of atoms or molecules, because there is always a constant relationship between atomic weights and grams. (One atomic mass unit = 1.66 × 10^-22 g.) The number of atoms or molecules in one mole of an element or compound has been named Avogadro's number, in honor of his realization about the numbers of particles in gases. As stated above, that number has been determined to be 6.0225 × 10 ²³.

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See also Atomic weight.

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