Mol (Noun)
Meaning
The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- One mol of carbon dioxide has a mass of approximately 44 grams.
- The molar mass of oxygen is 32 g/mol, which is the mass of one mol of oxygen expressed in grams.
- One mol of any substance is equal to the Avogadro's number of that substance.
- To find the number of moles of a substance, we divide its mass by the molar mass in grams per mol.
- In chemistry, one mol of any pure substance has a mass in grams that is numerically equal to its molecular weight.