Why is Avogadro's number referred to as a mole? If you could change this terminology, what would you change it to and why?

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Tobias Flynn

Chemistry

22 May, 07:35

Why is Avogadro's number referred to as a mole? If you could change this terminology, what would you change it to and why?

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Nathan Wall · Answer 1

The number of particles (molecules, atoms, compounds, etc.) per mole of a substances is known as Avagadro number. It is equal to 6.022*10^23 mol-1 and is expressed as NA.

Number of moles is the amount of a substance that contains as many particles as there are atoms in 12 grams of pure carbon-12. So, 1 mol contains 6.022*10^23 elementary entities of the substance. Since 6.022 x 10^23 is the Avagadro number, one mole is equal to Avagadro number.

One mole of a substance is the ratio of mass of the substance by the molecular mass of the substance. Thus the mass of one mole of a substance is equal to the substance's molecular weight. Thus one mole of a substance is the atomic mass unit of a substance and since one mole is equivalent to the Avagadro number, we can conclude that one Avagadro number is one atomic mass unit of the substance.