mole

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  • amu: atomic mass unit
  • 1 mole: 6.02 x 10^23 atoms
  • avogadro's no. is 6.02 x 10^23
  • mole is abbreviated as mol
  • mole means massive heap
  • mole is the unit used to measure the amount of a substance
  • The terms "pair", “dozen”, “box”, and “set" are few of the terms we use to count substances.
  • counting units refer to materials that are tangible and visible.
  • mole is used to express the exact number of atoms or particles contained in a given mass of substance.
  • AVOGADRO'S NUMBER: "602,200,000,000,000,000,000,000"
  • The symbol for the number of mole is n and itsunit is abbreviated as mol.
  • Amedeo Avogadro, an Italian lawyer and physicist, pioneered the studies on counting atoms and molecules. He concluded that a mole of any substance contains exactly 6.02 x 10 to the power of 23 particles.This is called Avogadro's number.
  • The term particles refer to ions, atoms, or molecules
  • molar mass refers to the mass of one mole of a substance in grams