THE MOLE

CONCEPT
THE MOLE AND GAS
VOLUMES
 Gases have very small masses because of their low densities, so chemists have investigated the
relationship between the number of moles of a gas and the volume occupied by the gas.
 In1811,AmedeoAvogadronoticedthat all gases under the same conditions of temperature and
pressure, and occupying the same volume, contain the same number of molecules.
MOLAR VOLUME
 Molar Volume – The volume of one mole of a gas.
 This means that molar volume is the volume of a gas which contains 6.0 * 10^23 molecules of
gas.
 Standard temperature and pressure, or stp, which equates to a temperature of 0 oC (273K) and
a pressure of 101.3 kPa (1 atmosphere). Molar volume at stp is 22.4 dm3 or 22 400 cm3 
 Room temperature and pressure, or rtp, which equates to a temperature of 25 °C (298K) and a
pressure of 101.3 kPa (1 atmosphere). Molar volume at rtp is 24.0 dm3 or 24 000 cm3 
MOLAR VOLUME
CALCULATIONS
 Molar volume gives us the relationship between the number of moles and the volume of a gas.
We can use the molar volume to calculate the volume or number of moles of a gas.