CHEMICAL REACTION – a process in MASSES AND MOLES

which one or more substances, are

converted to one or more different
substances.

- described by Chemical
Equation

CHEMICAL EQUATION – an expression

that gives the identities and quantities EXAMPLES:
of the substances involved in a a. Calculate the number of moles
reaction. of glucose in a 5.380g sample.

MOLE CONCEPT – the method used to

express the amount of substance.

- defined as the amount of

substance containing the b. Calculate the number of moles
same number of different of methane in 2.32g sample.
entities (atoms, ions, and
molecules).

1 mole = amount of matter that

contains many objects

1 mole = 6.02 × 1023 [AVOGADRO’S

NUMBER]

MOLAR MASS - the mass in grams of

c. How many grams of CCl4 is
one mole of the compound
produced in 0.38mol?
MOLAR MASS = g per 1 mole = atomic
mass

FORMULA FOR MOLAR MASS

(no. of atoms) (atomic mass)