Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry
Explain the term 'mole'?
The unit of amount of substance is mole which contains 6 · 023 × 1023 entities. These entities may be atoms, molecules, ions, electrons or any other entity. This number 6·023 × 1023 is called Avogadro’s number and is symbolised as N.
A mole is defined as the amount of any substance which contains Avogadro’s number (6·023 × 1023) of particles (atoms, molecules or formula units) of that substance and has a mass equal to gram atomic mass, gram molecular mass or gram formula mass as the case may be e.g.,
1 mole of oxygen atom
= 6.023 x 1023 atoms = 16 g
1 mole of oxygen molecules
= 6.023 x 1023 molecules = 32 g
1 mole of water molecules
= 6.023 x 1023 molecules = 18 g
1 mole of sodium chloride
= 6.023 x 1023 formula units
= 58.5 g
1 mole of electrons = 6.023 x 1023 electrons
Mole in terms of volume: In the case of gases, it has been found that the volume occupied by one mole of any gas at STP (0°C and 1-atmosphere pressure) is 22·4 litres. The volume occupied by 1 mole of gas at STP is known as gram molecular volume (G.M.V.) or molar volume.
1 mole of gas = 22.4 litres of gas at STP
For example,
1 mole of H2 = 22.4 litres of H2 at STP
1 mole of O2 = 22.4 litres of O2 at STP
Thus,
1 mole = 6.023 x 1023 particles (i.e. atoms, molecules, formula units, ions, etc.)
= Gram atomic mass (gram atoms),
gram molecular mass (gram molecules), gram formula mass, etc.
= 22.4 litres at STP in case of gases.
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