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What is the SI unit used to measure the amount of substance?


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SI unit

  • “The International System of Units is abbreviated as SI.
  • The SI system has seven base units.

SI unit used to measure the amount of substance

  • The mole, symbol mol, is the SI unit of the amount of substance.
  • "The amount of substance, symbol n, of a system is a measure of the number of specified elementary entities.
  • One mole of a substance is equal to 6.022 × 10²³ units of that substance (such as atoms, molecules, or ions).
  • The number 6.022 × 10²³ is known as Avogadro's number or Avogadro's constant.

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