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Avogadro's Number

Avogadro's number (6.02x1023) represents the number of elementary entities, such as atoms, molecules, or formula units, in one mole of a substance. It describes the quantity of elementary units that corresponds to one mole, which is a standard unit used to measure amounts of chemicals. Examples show that Avogadro's number is an immense quantity, greater than the number of stars in the universe or the number of pennies one could spend over 100 years at $1 million per second and still have almost all the original amount.

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Avogadro's Number

Avogadro's number (6.02x1023) represents the number of elementary entities, such as atoms, molecules, or formula units, in one mole of a substance. It describes the quantity of elementary units that corresponds to one mole, which is a standard unit used to measure amounts of chemicals. Examples show that Avogadro's number is an immense quantity, greater than the number of stars in the universe or the number of pennies one could spend over 100 years at $1 million per second and still have almost all the original amount.

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WHAT IS AVOGADRO'S

NUMBER?
Let’s look at the numbers…
◦ What is a million?
◦1000 thousands OR 1,000,000
◦ What is a billion?
◦1000 millions OR 1,000,000,000
◦ What is a trillion?
◦1000 billions OR
1,000,000,000,000
◦ What is Avogadro’s number?

◦6.02x1023 OR
602,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
◦600 trillion billions!
Avogadro’s Number
◦ Is the number of atoms (for an element) or molecules (for a
compound) in ONE mole of a substance.
◦ It is simply a quantity.
◦ 1 mole is MORE than
ALL of the stars in ALL of
the galaxies in ALL of
the universe.
MORE examples

◦IF you had one mole


(6.02x1023) donuts…
◦It would cover the entire
Earth 5 miles deep!
One last example:
◦If you received one mole
(6.02x1023) of pennies on the day
you were born…
◦and you spent $1,000,000 PER
second for 100 YEARS…
◦on the day you died you would still
have 99.99% of the money you
received the day you were born.
Avogadro’s Number

◦Is a QUANTITY used to compare


really small stuff to other really small
stuff.

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