The molecular mass of water is 18.02 amu. What is the mass of Avogadro’s number of water molecules?

1 Answer
Jul 9, 2017

18.0218.02 "g"g

Explanation:

This question involves a fundamental concept of the mole:

The mass in "amu"amu of one unit of a substance is equivalent to the mass in "g"g of one mole of that substance

Therefore, if one water molecule has a mass of 18.0218.02 "amu"amu, one mole (6.022 xx 10^236.022×1023 "H"_2"O"H2O molecules) of water has a mass of color(red)(18.0218.02 color(red)("g"g.