amount of substance
What amount of substance means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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A quantity that counts how many specified particles a sample contains, not how heavy or how large it is.
The quantity that counts how many specified entities a sample contains, and its unit is the mole.
Topics that use amount of substance
- Amount of substance (OCR A-Level)
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