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Lesson: Chapter 7 — Quantification of Elements and Compounds

7.2. Relative molecular mass 6 of 10

Question 6

What is the value calculated for an ionic compound such as sodium chloride called?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Formula mass. Ionic compounds have no molecules, so what is treated as the molecular mass is the mass belonging to the formula.

The arithmetic is unchanged — only the name differs. Molar mass is a different quantity again, being this value with a unit attached.

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