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The mole and Avogadro constant

The mole connects the microscopic world of atoms and molecules to measurable laboratory amounts. One mole contains exactly the Avogadro constant number of specified entities.

Why scientists care

The mole connects the microscopic world of atoms and molecules to measurable laboratory amounts. One mole contains exactly the Avogadro constant number of specified entities.

It is chemistry’s counting unit: like a dozen, but designed for unimaginably small objects.

A concrete example

0.50 mol contains 3.01107038 × 10^23 specified entities because the Avogadro constant is exact.

Try to notice

Science becomes memorable when a definition is connected to something measurable or observable.

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