Chemistry Webquest

The MoleMark L.

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.

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• Who invented the mole?

A. Armando AvocadoB. Mr. Heder

D. Albert EinsteinC. Amadeo Avogadro

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• 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.

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What year was the “Mole” discovered?

A. 1805B. 2001C. 1905D. 1200

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• 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.

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Where is the “Mole” used?

• The mole is used in the lab or classroom to convert a large number of atoms.

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When/where do we use the mole?

A. Scientific InvestigationsB. Mountain ClimbingC. Lab/ClassroomD. Both A and C

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• 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.

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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.

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