Combined Science GCSE
Particle number and amount of substance
What Particle number and amount of substance means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The number of particles is the number of moles multiplied by 6.02 × 10²³, and the number of moles is the number of particles divided by 6.02 × 10²³.
Topics that use Particle number and amount of substance
- Moles (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Avogadro constant
- Molar mass and mass–mole calculations
- mole
- Mole ratios from balanced equations
- Relative formula mass
- The mole as a counting unit
- Amount in moles
- Amount of substance and the mole
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