Middle school8 min

The mole: counting matter in batches

The mole, the Avogadro constant, a molecule's molar mass and the relation n = m/M — the foundation for all of high-school chemistry.

The essentials

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The mole

A batch of entities (atoms, molecules, ions), just as a dozen is a batch of 1212. One mole contains NA6.022×1023N_A \approx 6.022 \times 10^{23} entities: the Avogadro constant.
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Amount of substance

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Molar mass

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The fundamental relation

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