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Edexcel ·Chemistry·Cambridge AS & A Level Chemistry

Atoms, Molecules & Stoichiometry (the Mole)

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Relative masses, the mole and Avogadro's constant, empirical and molecular formulae, the ideal gas equation and reacting-mass, solution and gas-volume calculations.

Relative masses and the mole

    Relative atomic mass ArA_rAr​ — weighted mean mass of an atom relative to 112\tfrac{1}{12}121​ of a carbon-12 atom.
    Relative molecular/formula mass MrM_rMr​ — sum of the ArA_rAr​ values.
    The mole is the amount of substance containing the Avogadro constant L=6.02×1023L = 6.02\times10^{23}L=6.02×1023 particles.

n=mMN=n×Ln = \frac{m}{M} \qquad N = n \times Ln=Mm​N=n×L

ArA_rAr​ from a mass spectrum: Ar=∑(isotope mass×abundance)∑abundanceA_r = \dfrac{\sum(\text{isotope mass} \times \text{abundance})}{\sum \text{abundance}}Ar​=∑abundance∑(isotope mass×abundance)​.

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