Summary: Moles, Number of Atoms &

Grams
Moles
Number
Grams
of Atoms

NOT Observable Observable

even with the most
powerful microscope!

1 mol = 6.022 × 1023 atoms

1 mol = (Molar Mass) grams
(Example: 1 mol C = 12.01 g C)
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Exercises:
a. How many moles of Ar are there in a sample of gas
that contains 2.84  1025 Ar atoms?

First, let’s do a tic-tac-toe table:

Put here what you are given:

2.84  1025 atoms

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In this exercise, you’re to convert number of atoms (initial) to moles
(final).
Put “1 mol” up here; “mol”
is the final unit.
2.84  1025 atoms 1 mol
atoms
Put the initial unit down
here so it can be cancelled.
What do you know about “mol” and “# of atoms”?

1 mol = 6.022 × 1023 atoms

1 mol = (Molar Mass) grams
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Plug the conversion

2.84  1025 atoms 1 mol factor here.
6.022 × 1023 atoms
# of atoms cancelled!
Now do the calculation: 2.84 ×1025  (6.022 × 1023) = 47.2 mol

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Exercise:
b. How many Cl atoms are in 2.5 mol of Cl sample?

2.5 mol 6.022 × 1023 atoms

1 mol

1 mol = 6.022 × 1023 atoms

1 mol = (Molar Mass) grams

Do calculation: 2.5 × 6.022 × 1023 = 1.51 × 1024

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Exercise:
c. How many moles are in 21.03 grams of potassium K?

1 mol = 6.022 × 1023 atoms

1 mol = (Molar Mass) grams

21.03 g 1 mol
39.098 g

21.03  39.098 = 0.54 mol

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Exercise:
d. What is the mass of 1.31 mol of lithium Li?

1 mol = 6.022 × 1023 atoms

1 mol = (Molar Mass) grams

1.31 mol 6.941 g

1 mol

1.31 ×6.941 = 9.09 g

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Exercise:
e. How many atoms are in 25.97 grams of carbon?

To convert between “# of atoms” and “grams”, you need two steps.

1 mol = 6.022 × 1023 atoms

1 mol = (Molar Mass) grams

25.97 g 1 mol 6.022 × 1023 atoms

12.011 g 1 mol

Calculation: 25.97  12.011 ×6.02×1023 = 1.30 ×1024 atoms

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You do these two:
Exercise:
f. How many atoms are there in a sample of 2.50
grams of P?

f. What is the mass in grams of 9.52 × 1024 C

atoms?

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Answer:

4.86 × 1022 P atoms

189.9 grams C

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