Lesson 6.

Calculations from Moles

to Number of Particles
and Vice Versa

General Chemistry 1
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
When baking soda is combined with vinegar in the famous
volcano experiment, it produces a gas that oozes upwards
and escapes the container of the reaction.

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But how many
particles of acetic
acid are needed to
produce such
results? Do we count
the number of
particles involved to
carry out the
reaction?
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 Of course, we do not count the number of particles
manually; instead, we consider the volume and its mole.

In this lesson, you will learn how to convert mole to the

number of particles/atoms/ions/formula units, and vice
versa.

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 Learning Competency
This lesson serves as a prerequisite for the following DepEd competency:

Calculate the mass of a given number of

particles of an element or compound and vice
versa (STEM_GC11S-Ic-e-30).

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 Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to do the following:

● Explain the mole-to-number-of-particle

relationship.

● Determine the number of particles of a given

number of moles of an element or compound and
vice versa.

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What is the relationship
between mole and number
of particles?

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 Mole-to-Number-of-Particles Relationship

Avogadro’s Number

● particles/ ions/ formula units/ molecules/ atoms

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 Mole-to-Number-of-Particles Relationship

Mole to Mole Relationship

● Recall that for a given chemical formula,

1 mole AxBy contains x moles of A and y moles of B.

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Mole-to-Number-of-Particles Relationship

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Converting Mole to Number of Particles

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 Let’s Practice!

How many atoms are there in 6.789 moles of

calcium?

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 Let’s Practice!

How many atoms are there in 6.789 moles of

calcium?

There are 4.0883 ✕ 1024 formula units of calcium.

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Try It!

How many atoms are there in 4.535

moles of potassium?

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 Let’s Practice!

Calculate the number of Na+ ions in 9.723 moles of

NaOH.

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 Let’s Practice!

Calculate the number of Na+ ions in 9.723 moles of

NaOH.

There are 5.8551 ✕ 1024 Na+ ions present.

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Try It!

Calculate the number of Cl- ions in

5.2349 moles of MgCl2.

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 Let’s Practice!

Calculate the number of oxygen atoms in 2.7651

moles of Al2(SO4)3.

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 Let’s Practice!

Calculate the number of oxygen atoms in 2.7651

moles of Al2(SO4)3.

There are 1.9982 ✕ 1025 oxygen atoms present.

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Try It!

Calculate the number of oxygen atoms

in 3.45 moles of (NH4)2CO3.

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What do we need to convert
moles to the number of
particles?

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Converting Number of Particles to Moles

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 Let’s Practice!

How many moles are there in 1.256 ✕ 1024 atoms of

sulfur?

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 Let’s Practice!

How many moles are there in 1.256 ✕ 1024 atoms of

sulfur?

There are 2.0857 moles of sulfur present.

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Try It!

How many moles of calcium (Ca) are

there in 7.8967 ✕ 10 24 atoms of Ca?

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 Let’s Practice!

How many moles of Ba2+ ions are there in 7.890 ✕ 1024

formula units of Ba(OH)2?

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 Let’s Practice!

How many moles of Ba2+ ions are there in 7.890 ✕ 1024

formula units of Ba(OH)2?

There are 13.1131 moles of Ba2+ ions present.

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Try It!

How many moles of OH⁻ ions are there

in 6.4561 ✕ 1024 formula units of
Ba(OH)2?

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 Let’s Practice!

Calculate how many moles of sulfur are there in

9.845 ✕ 1025 formula units of Al2(SO4)3.

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 Let’s Practice!

Calculate how many moles of sulfur are there in

9.845 ✕ 1025 formula units of Al2(SO4)3.

There are 490.45 moles of sulfur present.

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Try It!

Calculate how many moles of nitrogen

there are in 6.2367 ✕ 1024 formula units
of (NH4)2C2O4.

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Tips
In using dimensional analysis to convert
mole to number of particles, atoms, ions,
and formula units and vice versa, make sure
to label all quantities properly.

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 Check Your Understanding

Write true if the statement is correct. Otherwise, write

false.

1. Mole and number of particles are not interconvertible.

2. The Avogadro’s number is used as a conversion factor
in mole to number of particles problems.
3. Using the Avogadro’s number, a mole can be converted
to a number of particles, atoms, ions, and formula
units.
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 Check Your Understanding

Complete the table below.

Substance Number of Moles

Particles (mol)

Pentan-1-ol (C5H11OH) 7.23 ✕ 1023 (1)

Potassium bromate (KBrO3) (2) 0.897

Potassium bromide (KBr) 6.561 ✕ 1024 (3)

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 Let’s Sum It Up!

● The mole to number of particles, and number of

particles to mole relationship is shown below.

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Challenge Yourself

Calculate the number of nitrogen

atoms in one mole of K4Fe(CN)6.

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Petrucci, Ralph H. General Chemistry: Principles and Modern Applications. Toronto: Pearson Canada,
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Silberberg, Martin S. Principles of General Chemistry. New York: McGraw Hill, 2007. Print.

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