ATOMIC

MASS
 Atomic Mass

Atomic Mass Unit (amu)

1amu = 1.660539 x 10-24 g
Example:
Carbon-12
Mass of 1 atom of C-12 = 12.00 amu =
1.996257 x 10-23g
Average atomic mass

Average atomic mass = (atomic mass x atomic

abundance) + (atomic mass x atomic abundance)
Example

C-12 with the Percentage C-13 with the Percentage

abundance of 98.93% abundance of 1.07%
Example 2

• A potassium has three stable

isotopes- potassium-39,
potassium-40, and potassium-41. Atomic
Calculate the average atomic mass Percent
Isotope mass
of the element based on the Abundance
percent abundance of its isotopes. (amu)
39
19 K 38.9637 93.2581%
40
19 K 39.9640 0.0117%
41
19 K 40.9618 6.7302%
Avogadro’s Number and the Mole Concept

Avogadro’s Number (NA) is a constant used to quantify the number of

particles of an element (atom,ions) or compound (molecule, formula
units)

Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856) –the Avogadro’s number has a value of

6.022141 x 10 23 which is commonly rounded off to 6.022 x 10 23.

The mole (symbol mol) is the term used to refer to the quantity of
particles of a substance (atoms, ions, molecules, or formula units)
Avogadro’s Number and the Mole Concept

• IUPAC defined the mole as the amount of substance of a system, which

contains as many elementary entries as there are atoms in 0.012kg of carbon.
• One amount of C-12 has a mass of 12.00amu or 1.992657 x 10-23g. One mole of
C-12 atoms has a mass of 12g. Contributed by a total of 6.022x1023 atoms.
1mole = 6.022x1023 particles
1mol Au = 6.022x1023 atoms
1mol Au3+ = 6.022x1023 Au3+ ions
1mol CO2 = 6.022x1023 CO2 molecule
1mol NaCl = 6.022x1023 NaCl formula units
Examples

• Calculate the molar mass of sodium phosphate (Na3PO4). What

will be the mass in grams of one mole of Na3PO4? (atomic
masses: Na=23amu, P= 31amu, O=16amu)
• What is the molar mass of carbon dioxide?
• What is the molar mass of Calcium Phosphate?
Other examples:

1. How many moles are there in 460 grams of sodium?

2. In problem number 1, how many sodium are there?
3. How many moles are there in 450 grams of water?
4. In problem number 3, how many water molecules are there?
• Determine the number of atoms and mass of 0.85 mole of copper.
• How many grams and atoms of hydrogen are present in 65 grams of
glucose (C6H12O6) which has a molar mass of 180.16 g/mol.
LMS TIME!!!