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These notes were written for the old IB syllabus (2009). The new IB syllabus for first examinations 2016 can be accessed
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1.1.1: Describe the mole concept and apply it to substances. The mole concept applies to all kinds of particles: atoms,
molecules, ions, formula units etc. The amount of substance is measured in units of moles. The approximate value of
Avogadro's constant (L), 6.02 x 1023 mol-1, should be known.
It is now accepted that matter in all its forms is made up of indivisible particles that themselves have mass. These
particles are called atoms, molecules and ions. The nature of the substance is dictated by the atoms elements that have
bonded together to make the bulk substance. This may be an ionic structure, a covalent structre or a metallic structure.
Giant ionic structure giant covalent structure simple covalent giant metallic structure
Ions are specialised atoms or groups of atoms chemically combined together that have lost or gained electrons and
posess an overall electrical charge.
The fundamental particle that is the building block of matter is therefore the atom. There are about 90 naturally occuring
types of atoms each with a different arrangement of sub-atomic particles (protons, neutrons and electrons) and
consequently different masses.
The masses that are measured in the laboratory are masses corresponding to vast numbers of tiny atoms or molecules.
Logically atoms that are heavier will register larger masses for equal numbers of atoms.
If one carbon atom has a mass of 12 atomic mass units and one magnesium atom has a mass of 24 atomic mass units,
then as a magnesium atom is twice as heavy as a carbon atom it follows that this ratio will be maintained for any
number of atoms.
On the atomic mass scale the carbon 12 isotope is designated a value of 12 atomic mass units and all other masses are
measured relative to this (relative atomic mass)
It is convenient to consider the number of atoms needed to make 12g of carbon and for this number to be given a name
- one mole of carbon atoms. This allows us to talk about relative quantities of substances in the macroscopic world and
to know the relative number of atoms (or smallest particles) in each bulk substance.
The actual number of atoms that is needed to give the relative atomic mass expressed in grams is called Avogadro's
number (symbol L)
Example 1:
magnesium atoms are twice as heavy as carbon atoms therefore 1 mole of magnesium = 24g
Example 2.
Example:
Sodium carbonate crystals (27.8230g) were dissolved in water and made up to 1.00 dm3.
25.0 cm3 of the solution were neutralised by 48.8 cm3 of hydrochloric acid of conc 0.100 mol
dm-3. Find n in the formula Na2CO3.nH2O
Thuus the mole ratio of Na2CO3 to water in the original compound = 0.096 : 0.971
or approximately 1 :10
Example 3.
therefore 2 moles of carbon contains 2 x 6,02 x 1023 atoms = 1,204 x 1024 atoms
1.1.2: Calculate the number of particles and the amount of substance (in moles). Convert between the amount of substance (in
moles) and the number of atoms, molecules or formula units
For example 1 mole of water contains 2 moles of hydrogen atoms and 1 mole of oxyten atoms. It is a simple matter of
multiplying the moles of the compound by the atoms or ions that make it up.
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