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Lesson: Chapter 7 — Quantification of Elements and Compounds

7.3. The Avogadro constant 4 of 6

Question 4

18 g of water contains 6.022 × 1023 molecules. What is the total number of atoms in it?

The right answer is the one marked above.

1.8066 × 1024. A water molecule has three atoms, so 6.022 × 1023 × 3 = 1.8066 × 1024.

6.022 × 1023 is the number of molecules, not of atoms. Multiplying by two instead of three gives 1.2044 × 1024, which is only the number of hydrogen atoms.

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