What is mole?

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Amount of stuff containing the same amount of carbon elementary particles as there are atoms in 12gof carbon C-12.

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Given information.

We need to find definition of mole.

02

Simplify.

A mole is amount of stuff that includes the same number of elementary particles (atoms, molecules) as
in12gof carbon C-12.

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