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Molecular mass

Last Updated on September 18, 2022 By Mrs Shilpi Nagpal

Question 1 What is a chemical formula?

Question 2 Give few examples of formulae of elements?

Question 3 Give few examples of formulae of compounds?

Question 4 Define molecular mass?

Chemical Formula

A chemical formula represents the composition of a molecule of the substance in terms of the symbols of elements present in the molecule.

Formulae of Elements
For Ex:Hydrogen(H2),Nitrogen(N2),Oxygen(O2),Chlorine(Cl2),Bromine(Br2) etc

Formula of Compounds
For Ex:Water(H2O),carbon dioxide(CO2),sulphur dioxide(SO2),ammonia(NH3), methane(CH4),ethanol(CH3CH2OH) etc.
Molecular Mass
The molecular mass of a substance is relative mass of its molecules as compared with mass of C-12 atom taken as 12 units.
or
The molecular mass is equal to sum of its atomic masses of all the atoms present in one molecule of substance.
For Ex:Water(H2O)
Atomic mass of H= 1 u
Atomic mass of O =16 u
Molecular mass of water =2 × atomic mass of H+1 × atomic mass of O
=2 × 1 + 16 × 1
= 18 u

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About Mrs Shilpi Nagpal

Author of this website, Mrs. Shilpi Nagpal is MSc (Hons, Chemistry) and BSc (Hons, Chemistry) from Delhi University, B.Ed. (I. P. University) and has many years of experience in teaching. She has started this educational website with the mindset of spreading free education to everyone.

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  1. Bhoomi says

    November 21, 2021 at 9:26 pm

    Nice and easy to understand

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