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Dozen
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Words can be a
handy way to talk
about numbers,
especially if…
Atoms are really small
So, whenever there are enough of them
that you can see it, that’s a LOT of atoms!
Nobody would want to count them
Chemists talk about groups of atoms
called moles
Did you say
MOLE?
I’m pretty
sure she
did…
A mole in Chemistry is just an amount (like
dozen)- so chemists can talk about groups
of atoms
It’s
6.02 x 1023
Why 6.02 x 1023, you ask?
That’s the # amu it takes to make 1g
Sometimes it’s called Avogadro’s number,
named after this handsome chap
6.02 x 1023 is awfully big…
If I gave all of the citizens of the US (about 300
million) 1 mole of dollar bills and everyone spent
100 dollars a second
It would still take 636,000 years for it to be
spent!
If you had a mole of pennies and gave away $1
million a day, it would take you more than 3000
years to give away all of your money!
6.02 x 1023 is awfully big…
The mass of that many animal moles
would weigh
More than 1.3 times the mass of the moon
More than 60 times the combined mass of the
earth’s oceans
6.02 x 1023 is awfully big…
If you lined up that many animal moles,
they would stretch
From earth to alpha centauri
2 million times!
6.02 x 1023 is awfully big…
Avogadro’s number of popcorn kernels
would cover the earth with a depth of over
9 miles
Pop cans would cover it 200 miles deep
A mole of basketballs would make a new
planet the size of earth
6.02 x 1023 is awfully big…
If you count 1 number a second, it would
take you 11.5 days to count to 1 million
If everyone on the planet collectively
counted to 6.02x1023, it would take
2,845,590 years!
Mole Pictures!
Draw a picture which includes
Mole
Avogadro
6.02 x 1023
Get creative and colorful!