MathLiveAmount of substance definition
The amount of substance of an entity type X equals the number of those entities divided by the Avogadro constant. It is used to convert between a count of particles and the number of moles in chemistry.
n(\mathrm{X}) = \frac{N(\mathrm{X})}{N_{\mathrm{A}}}What the symbols mean
| amount of substance of entities X, in moles (mol) | |
| number of entities X (dimensionless) | |
| Avogadro constant, about 6.022\times10^{23} mol^{-1} |
About this formula
- FieldChemistry
- TopicAmount of substance
- LevelHigh school
- Also calledamount of substance, moles from number of entities, mole definition, number of moles formula, avogadro number moles, chemical amount formula
- SourceWikidata Q104946
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