How many particles are in 1 mol of carbon? 1 mol of lithium? 1 mol of eggs?

Question

I don't understand these conversions whatsoever...no explaining done in class. PLEASE HELP!

Answer 1

All the same!  The number should be simply No = 2^79 = 604 462 909 807 314 587 353 088 ~= 6.0446 x 10^23, but of course the folks who decide these things have made it a bit more difficult to remember at 6.022______________x10^23 trying to relate to a chunk of metal in France.

Incidently, you may have difficulty storing a mole of eggs!  

Answer 2

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=particl...

I don't know but here is some info.

Answer 3

A mole has been called a chemical dozen.  How many eggs in a dozen?  12  How many eggs in a mole?  6.022 X 10^23

It is just a number, but will get its importance when you start dealing with a mole of an element which will have 6.022 X 10^23 atoms and have the mass in grams of the atomic mass.  For example, 6.022 X 10^23 atoms of carbon will weigh 12.01 g.  

Answer 4

Use Avogadro's number and research the history of how he got it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro's_...