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Mole Concept

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Mole Concept

Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

Class 11

Avogadro’s number or Avogadro’s constant (NA)

One gram atom of any element contains the same number of atoms and one gram molecule of any substance contains the same number of molecules.

The value was found to be 6.022137 × 1023

The value generally used is 6.022 × 1023 .

This is called Avogadro’s number or Avogadro’s constant (NA)

Avogadro’s number may be defined as the number of atoms present in one gram atom of the element or the number of molecules present in one gram molecule of the substance.

A mole is a chemist unit of counting particles such as atom, molecules, ions, electrons, protons which represent a value of 6.022 × 1023 

A mole of hydrogen atom means 6.022 × 1023  atoms of hydrogen whereas a mole of hydrogen molecule means 6.022 × 1023  molecules of hydrogen or 2 × 6.022 × 1023 atoms of hydrogen .

A mole of oxygen molecule means 6.022 × 1023  molecules of oxygen or 2 × 6.022 × 1023 atoms of oxygen.

A mole is defined as that amount of substance which has mass equal to gram atomic mass if the substance is atomic or gram molecular mass if the substance is molecular.

1 mole of carbon atoms =12 grams

1 mole of sodium atoms = 23 grams

1 mole of Oxygen atom = 16 grams

1 mole of Oxygen molecule = 32 grams

1 mole of water molecule = 18 grams

1 mole of carbon dioxide molecule = 44 grams

Mole

A mole is defined as that amount of substance which contains Avogadro’s number of atoms if the substance is atomic or Avogadro’s number of molecules if the substance is molecular.

1 mole of carbon atoms = 6.022 ×1023 atoms of carbon.

1 mole of sodium atom = 6.022 ×1023 atoms of sodium

1 mole of Oxygen atom = 6.022 ×1023 atoms of oxygen

1 mole of Oxygen molecule = 6.022 ×1023  molecules of oxygen

1 mole of water = 6.022 ×1023  molecules of water

In case of gases, a mole is defined as that amount of the gas which has a volume of 22.4 litres at STP.

1 mole of Oxygen gas = 22.4 litres of oxygen at STP

one mole of carbon dioxide gas = 22.4 litres of carbon dioxide at STP

A mole of an ionic compound is defined as that amount of the substance which has mass equal to gram formula mass or which contains Avogadro’s number of formula unit.

1 mole of NaCl = 58.5 grams of NaCl

1 mole of NaCl =6.022 ×1023 formula units of NaCl = 6.022 ×1023 Na+ ion and 6.022 ×1023   Cl– ion.

Importance of Avogadro’s number and Mole Concept

  • In the calculation of actual mass of a single atom of an element or a single molecule of a substance.
  • In the calculation of the number of atoms or molecules in a given mass of the element of the compound.
  • In the calculation of the number of molecules present in a given volume of the gas under given conditions.
  • In the calculation of the size of the individual atoms and molecules assuming them to the spherical.
  • In the calculation of actual masses of 1 amu or 1 u.

1 amu = 1.6606 × 10-24 g

1 amu = 1.6606 × 10-27 kg

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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  8. suruj saikia says

    It’s quite helpful for me so clear and easily digestible.expecting more guidance in future Regards

  11. Fairy_Queen says

    Thanks for the material. It was really helpful for a better understanding of the concept.
    It would be wonderful if other definitions and formulas were also included.
    Thanks a lot.

  14. Kuldeep skukla says

    This is very help full now i really understand mole concept…thank you……

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