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Chemistry Webquest. Mark L. The Mole. What is a “Mole”?.
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Chemistry Webquest Mark L. The Mole
What is a “Mole”? • By definition a mole is: The mole is a unit of measurement used in chemistry to express amounts of a chemical substance, defined as an amount of a substance that contains as many elementary entities (e.g., atoms, molecules, ions, electrons) as there are atoms in 12 grams of pure carbon-12 (12C), the isotope of carbon with atomic weight 12.
Who invented the “Mole” • The concept of the mole in the scientific field of chemistry was actually discovered in the 19th century by an Italian scientist whose name was Amadeo Avogadro.
Quiz • Who invented the mole? A. Armando Avocado B. Mr. Heder C. Amadeo Avogadro D. Albert Einstein
Correct • Italian physicist Amedeo Avogadro put forth the hypothesis that equal volumes of gases under the same conditions of pressure and temperature contain the same number of particles. Fun Fact
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Quiz! What year was the “Mole” discovered? • 1805 • 2001 • 1905 • 1200
Correct. Fun Fact • The Mole was not so much "discovered", but arbitrarily created. All this means is that scientists agreed upon a specific amount that will represent 1 mol of a substance. This amount was related to every element based on its average atomic mass value, which in the case of moles is named the molar mass.
Where is the “Mole” used? • The mole is used in the lab or classroom to convert a large number of atoms.
Quiz! When/where do we use the mole? • Scientific Investigations • Mountain Climbing • Lab/Classroom • Both A and C
Correct. Fun Fact • When you compare amounts of chemicals as they relate to each other, you need the mole ratio. A mole is 6.022 x 10^23, or Avogadro's number, molecules or atoms of any substance. The mole ratio compares the number of moles of one substance in a chemical equation with another substance, usually on the opposite side of the equation.
Why do we use the “Mole”? • Moles give us a consistent method to convert between atoms/molecules and grams. It's simply a convenient unit to use when performing calculations.