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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET No. 6
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(LAS) Quarter 2 Week 6
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MELC: Use the mole concept to express mass of substances. (S9MT-IIi-19)
Lesson/Topic: The mole concept in expressing mass of substances.
Reference/Source: Science 9 Learner’s Material Page No.: 145-149
Key Concepts:
In real life situations, pieces of matter are quantified by finding the mass or by counting.
Market vendors for example, would rather sell mongo seeds by getting the mass and salted eggs by
counting. The choice of quantifying goods is determined by convenience. It is easier to get the mass of
rice grains rather than count the grains. It is more convenient to count the number of eggs rather than get
their mass. To measure these quantities, mass units such as kilograms or gram, or counting units such
as dozen or case are being used.
In the laboratory, chemist measure out a chemical substance and react it with another
substance to form the desire quantity of a new product. In these cases, chemist want to know the number
of atoms, ions or molecules because there are the ones that react with each other. However, these
things are too small and too many to count individually so chemist formulate and create another concept
that will solve the issue. This concept is called Mole. But what really a mole is?
Mole is a unit of measurement for the quantity of a substance. The symbol for the physical
quantity mole is n. The unit of mole can be expressed as mol or mole. Mole is used in representing the
amount of substances in different conditions. It is related to Avogadro’s number (6.02 x 10 23) since 1
mole of any substances is equal to 6.02 x 1023. Look at the following relationships.
1 mole of an element = 6.02 x 1023 atoms.
1 mole of a compound = 6.02 x 1023 molecules
1 mole of an ion = 6.02 x 1023 ions
1 mole of an element = atomic mass of the
element expressed in amu (atomic mass unit or
g/mol)
Figure 1: Avogadro’s number retrieved from
https://images.app.goo.gl/oFabHiJeHTW2QMaF6 1 mole of a compound = molar mass of the
compound expressed in amu.
Molar Mass of an Element
There’s a situation in a market where you are going to buy a dozen of eggs and apple. But
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you observe that even though they are both 1 dozen still you found out that an apple is much heavier
than of the eggs. Why is that happened?
If your going to look at the two products microscopically they contain atoms. These different
atoms would also have different masses even if they have the same number of particles. This what we
called the molar mass. The molar mass tells you how much is in one mole of an element. The unit is
denoted in grams. For example, 12 g of Carbon contains one mole of the element. So, the molar mass
would have to be 12 g.
The average atomic mass of the element, denoted by the symbol called Atomic mass unit
(amu) and which is stated in the element’s periodic table, is also equivalent to the molar mass.
Table 1: Sample molar masses and average atomic masses of some elements.
Average Atomic Mass
Element Molar Mass (g)
(amu)
Hydrogen 1.01 1.01
Oxygen 16.0 16.0
Sulfur 32.1 32.1
Aluminum 27.0 27.0
The molar mass is equal to the
average atomic mass of the
element in grams. For example,
the average atomic mass of magnesium is 24.3 amu. This means that the molar mass of magnesium is
23.4 g. Further, the molar masses of any two elements must contain the same number of atoms. If you
were to compare for example 1.01 grams of hydrogen with 32.1 grams of sulfur, both samples will
contain same number of atoms. Because the molar mass is the mass of one mole of a substance, and
that one mole of a substance contains particles, therefore, one molar mass of any given substance will
contain 6.02 x 1023 particles.
Let’s try to convert the mass of an element to its mole. Note: you can get the molar mass by
using the atomic mass of the element that are found on the upper right corner of the element
symbol.
For example:
1. How many moles of Carbon (C) are there in 5g of Carbon?
To get the mole from the given mass you will going to perform the given conversion below.
1mol of C
5g of C x = 0.42 mol of C
12 g of C
2. There were 10g of Potassium (K), how many moles are there?
1 mol of K
10g of K x = 0.255 mol of K
39.09 g of K
This time, let’s try to convert the mole to the molar mass of a certain element.
For example:
1. If an element Lithium has a mole of 0.97, how much is its mass in g?
To get the molar mass of the given elements given mole, you will be going to perform the
given conversion below.
6.99 g of Li
0.97 mol of Li x = 6.78 g of Li
1 mol of Li
2. 12 mol of Calcium is how many molar mass of Ca?
40.07 g of Ca
12 mol of Ca x = 480.84 g of Ca
1 mol of Ca
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Molar mass of a Compound
The molar mass of a compound is called the molecular mass or formula mass. It is equal
to the sum of all the average atomic masses of all the atoms present in a compound. Just like the molar
mass of the elements, the unit for the molar mass of a compound is grams. The atomic mass of the
element, however does not affect the number of representative particles of a given compound, because
the compound is regarded as a single substance upon calculating for its mass.
Table 2: Number of Moles, Mass and Avogadro’s Number in a compound.
Substances Number of Moles Number of Particles Mass (amu)
Oxygen atom (O) 1 6.02 x 1023 16.00
Sodium ion (Na+) 1 6.02 x 1023 22.99
Carbon dioxide (CO2) 1 6.02 x 1023 44.00
Table 2 shows that the mass of 1 mole of an atom, ion, or molecule is equal to Avogadro’s
number. The mass of molecules can be obtained by getting the molar mass. The molar mass, also
called the formula mass or molecular mass, is the sum of the atomic masses of each element in a
compound. This is how the molar mas of sodium oxide (Na2O) is obtained:
Na = 2 x 22.99 amu = 45.98 amu
+
O = 1 x 16.00 amu = 16.00 amu
61.98 amu is the molar mass of the
Sodium oxide compound.
Let’s try to convert mass of a compound to its molar mass. Note: amu is the same with
g/mol
1. What is the molar mass of water (H2O) if it has 2.5 mole?
First, get the average molecular mass of the water.
H = 2 x 1 amu = 2 amu
+
O = 16 amu = 16 amu
18 amu
Now that you get the average molecular mass of water, you can now proceed to the
conversion.
18 g of H 2O
2.5 mol of H2O = = 45 g of H2O is the molar mass of water (H2O).
1mol of H 2 O
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2. How many mol of H2O are there in a 50 g H2O?
Since the average molecular mass of H2O is already been solve, proceed immediately
to the conversion.
1mol of H 2 O
50 g of H2O x = 2.78 mol of H2O is the mol of the 50g H2O.
18 g of H 2O
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Objective/Subtask: 1. Perform the mass to mole and mole to mass conversion of a certain element.
Activity No: 1 Title: Mass to Mole and Mole to Mass Conversion of a certain Element Day: 1-2
Directions: Solve for the following given problem about mole to mass and mass to mole concept. Show
your solution. Write your solution of the given space.
1. How many moles are in 15g Lithium (Li)?
2. How many grams are in 2.4 mole of Sulful (S)?
3. How many moles are in 22g or Argon (Ar)
4. How many moles are in 2.3g of Phosphorous (P)?
5. How many grams are in 5.3 mol of Boron (B)?
6. How many grams are in 2 mol of Gold (Au)?
7. How many moles are in 20g of Mercury (Hg)?
8. How many grams are in 3 mol of Silver (Ag)?
9. How many moles are in 12g of Chlorine (Cl)?
10. How many grams are in 15 mol of Nitrogen (N)?
Write your solutions here:
Objective/Subtask: 2. Perform the mass to mole and mole to mass conversion of a certain compounds.
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Activity No: 1 Title: Mass to Mole and Mole to Mass Conversion of a certain Compound Day: 3-4
Directions: Solve for the following problem about the average molecular mass, the conversion of Mole to
mass and mass to mole of a certain compound. Write your solution on the given space provided.
1. What is the average molecular mass of Sodium Chloride (NaCl)?
2. How many mole are in 35g of Sodium Chloride (NaCl)?
3. How many grams of Propane are in 17 mol of Sodium Chloride (NaCl)?
Write your solutions here:
Answer Key
ACTIVITY 1:
1. 2.15 mol of Li
2. 76. 992 g of S ACTIVITY 2:
3. 0.55 mol of Ar
1. 58.45 g/mol of
4. 0.07 mol of P
NaCl
5. 57 g of B
2. 0.60 mol of
6. 393.92 g of Au
NaCl
7. 0.099 mol of Hg
3. 993.65 g/mol
8. 323.61 g of Ag
9. 0.33 mol of Cl
10. 211.05 g of N
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Prepared by: GENESIS S. LINGLING
JOEKIM R. CASIÑO
GENE DOMINIC L. GUTIERREZ
