You need 2.5 moles of aluminum for an experiment. How many atoms of aluminum is this?

1 Answer
Nov 15, 2015

2.5×NA, where NA is Avogadro's number, 6.02214×1023.

Explanation:

NA is simply a number, admittedly a very large number. When I have such a number of any element/molecule I have an equivalent mass, and an equivalent number of atoms or molecules. When I have such a number of Al atoms, I have a mass of 26.98 g of Al. You have two and a half times this number of Al atoms. What is the mass of your aluminum??