Where NA≡6.022×1023⋅mol−1....
In each mole of glucose, i.e. in each 6.022×1023 individual glucose molecules, there are CLEARLY 6⋅mol of oxygen atoms, 12⋅mol of hydrogen atoms, and 6⋅mol of carbon atoms... Do you appreciate this? Here I use the mole as I would ANY OTHER collective number, i.e. dozen, gross, or half-dozen.
Why do we use such an absurdly large number? Well, because 1⋅mol of 12C atoms has a mass of 12⋅g; 1⋅mol of 16O atoms has a mass of 16⋅g; and 1⋅mol of 1H atoms has a mass of 1⋅g. The mole is thus the link between the micro world of atoms, and molecules, which we certainly cannot see, but whose existence we can infer, with the macro world or grams, and kilograms, and pounds, and litres, etc, the which we can measure out by some means in a laboratory.......
So what is the mass of the given molar quantity of oxygen atoms?
