How many copper atoms in a 860kg mass of the metal?

1 Answer
Aug 28, 2017

A lot, we assess the molar quantity......

Explanation:

Copper has a molar mass of 63.55gmol1. What does this mean? It means that NA, Avogadro's number, i.e. 6.022×1023 individual copper atoms have a mass of 63.55g. And if you can get your head around this, that the mole is simply a NUMBER, it will save you a lot of angst. This is the principle of chemical equivalence: a mass represents a numerical quantity of atoms or molecules. And we can use masses to determine stoichiometric equivalence in chemical equations.

And so here, we gots an 860kg mass of copper......and so we take the product.....

860kg×103gkg1×6.022×1023copper atomsmol163.55gmol1

=an absurdly large number of copper atoms......