chemistry vocab chp 10 Flashcards
the SI base unit used to measure the amount of a substance, abbreviated mol; one mole is the amount of a pure substance that contains 6.02x10^23 representative particles
mole
the number 6.0221367x10^23, which is the number of representative particles in a mole, and can be rounded to three significant digits 6.02x10^23
Avogadro’s number
the mass in grams of one mole of any pure substances
molar mass
the percent by mass of each element compound
percent composition
a formula that shows the smallest whole-number mole ratio of the elements of a compound, and might not be the same as the actual molecular formula
empirical formula
a formula that specifies the actual number of atoms of each element in one molecule of a substance
molecular formula
a compound that has a specific number of water molecules bound to its atoms
hydrate