Mole Concept
Solved Examples
Example: Calculate the number of moles of H, S and O in 5 moles of H2SO4.
Solution: 1 molecule of H2SO4 contains 2 atoms of H, 1 atom of S and 4 atoms of oxygen.
1 mole of H2SO4 contains 2 moles of H.
\(\therefore\)5 moles of H2SO4 contains 10 mole of H.
1 mole of H2SO4 contains 1 mole of S.
or 5 moles of H2SO4 contains 5 moles of S.
Similarly
1 mole of H2SO4 contains 4 moles of O.
or 5 moles of H2SO4 contains 20 moles of O.
Example: Calculate the mass of one mole of electrons?
Solution : Mass of one electron = 9.1095 × 10–31kg
Mass of one mole electrons = 9.1095 × 10–31 × 6.022 × 1023 = 5.5 × 10–7 Kg
= 0.55 mg
Example: Calculate the charge of one electron?
Solution : Charge of 6.022 × 1023 electrons = 96,500 coul.
Charge of one electron = \(
\frac{{96500}}
{{6.022}}
\) × 10–23
= 1.602 × 10–19 coul.