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Lesson: Chapter 7 — Quantification of Elements and Compounds

7.3. The Avogadro constant 2 of 6

Question 2

You take 12 g of carbon and 108 g of silver. Which is true? (Ar: C = 12, Ag = 108)

The right answer is the one marked above.

Both contain the same number of atoms. Each is the relative atomic mass of its element in grams, so each holds 6.022 × 1023 atoms.

The 108 g of silver is the greater mass but not the greater count — a silver atom is nine times as heavy, so nine times as much must be weighed to get the same number.

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