Physics A-Level
Amount of substance
What Amount of substance means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Amount of substance
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Reference: OCR
The quantity for which the mole (mol) is the S.I. unit, and which is not the same as mass.
Topics that use Amount of substance
- S.I. units (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Avogadro constant
- Base units
- Derived units
- Dimensional analysis
- Mass and the kilogram
- Molar calculations
- Prefixes and unit conversion
- S.I. base quantities
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