mole concept Flashcards
1
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a mole
A
one mole of a substance is the amount of that substance that contains 6X10 23 particles of that substance
2
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relative molecular mass
A
average mass of one molecule of that compound compared with one twelfth of the mass of one atom of the carbon 12 isotope
3
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relative atomic mass
A
average of the mass numbers of the isotopes of the element as they occur naturally taking their abundance into account expressed on a scale in which the atoms of the carbon 12 isotope have a mass of exactly 12 units
4
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the avagadro constant
A
number of carbon atoms in exactly 12 grams of the carbon 12 isotope