What is the mass of a mole of water?

1 Answer
Aug 25, 2017

Well, 18gmol1.

Explanation:

Just as Avogadro's number of hydrogen atoms, 1H, has a mass of 1g. Avocado's number of 16O, has a mass of 16g. And Avocado's number of 18O, has a mass of 18g.

We use Avogadro's number as we would any other collective number, a dozen, a gross, etc. Of course Avogadro's number, 6.022×1023mol1 is absurdly large.