Definition: The amount of substance that contains as many particles as the number of atoms in exactly 12 g of carbon-12
Symbol of mole : mol
How many atoms are there in 12 g of carbon-12?
= 6.023 x 1023
- The value of 6.023 x 1023 is called the Avogadro constant or Avogadro number
- Avogadro constant, NA is the number of particles in one mole of a substance
point to note :
1 mol of any subtances contain 6.023 x 1023 particles(atom,molecule,unit of ions)
Example
A closed glass bottle contains 0.5 mol of oxygen gas, O2. How many oxygen molecules, O2 are there in the bottle?
The number of oxygen molecules, O2 = 0.5 mol
number of mole x NA
= 0.5 mol ×
6.02 × 1023 mol-1
= 3.01 × 1023 molecules


