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How many water molecules are present in 54 gram of water?

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Solution

We get 1.81×1024 water molecules...

Explanation:

We assess the molar quantity of water in the usual way...

Number of moles=massmolar mass

54g18.01gmol1=3.00mol

But the mol is like the dozen or the gross, it specifies a NUMBER, here NA6.022×1023mol. Why do we use such an absurdly large number? Because NA1H⋅atoms have a MASS of 1g precisely...and thusthe mole is the link between the micro-world of atoms, and molecules, to the macro world of grams and litres....

And so (finally!) we take the product...

Number of water molecules=molar quantity×Avogadro's number.

=3.00mol×6.022×1023mol1a number as required..=??water molecules


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