let's get this straight first...

a "mole" is NOT DEFINED as "the grams of a compound = it's molecular weight".. a

s the other guy stated. That is WRONG
What a mole IS is this.
a "mole" IS 6.022x10^23 entities of something same as 1 "dozen" is 12 entities o
f something.
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examples...
1 dozen donuts = 12 donuts
1 mole donuts = 6.022x10^23 donuts
1 dozen eggs = 12 eggs
1 mole eggs = 6.022x10^23 eggs
does it make sense to say "a mole = mass of eggs = molecular weight of eggs?" Of
course not. What's the molecular weight of an egg?
What Norrie is trying to say is this.. "the number of moles present of a substan
ce equals its MASS divided by it's MOLAR MASS".
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example..
a mole of 1000kg cars = 6.022x10^23 cars
the mass of a mole of 1000kg cars = 6.022x10^23 x 1000kg = 6.022x10^26kg
so...
the car mass = 1000kg / car
the MOLAR MASS of 1000kg cars = 6.022x10^26kg / mole
and if I had 3x10^23kg of those 1000kg cars.. I would have this many cars
3x10^23 kg x (1mole / 6.022x10^26kg) = 0.0005 moles of cars
ie.. I would have
0.0005 x 6.022x10^23 = 3x10^20 cars.
what's the MOLECULAR MASS of the cars have to do with this problem?.. that's rig
ht NOTHING.
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now.. you asked what's the difference between kg-mole and kmole.. let's start wi
th the easy one "kmole"..
"k" is the SI prefex for kilo... 1000
so...
1kmol = 1000moles... 6.022x10^26 of anything
likewise..
m is "milli".. 0.001.. 1mmol = 6.022x10^20 of anything
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now.. the tough one.. kg-mole
let's start here...
1 AMU.. (Atomic Mass Unit) = 1.66x10^-24g.. by definition
and..
1 mole of atoms = 6.022x10^23 atoms..
so.. If you think about relative atomic mass as AMU per atom.. and convert via d
imensional analysis.. you can easily see that..
(1 AMU / atom) x (1.66x10^-24g / AMU) x (6.022x10^23 atoms / mole of atoms) = 1
g / mole of atoms
ie..
1 amu / atom = 1g / 6.022x10^23 atoms = 1g / mole of atoms
so we can read relative atomic masses as AMU / atom AND as grams / mole of atoms
.. ie.. grams / 6.022x10^23 atoms.
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still with me? it gets tough here...
When we work with molar mass OF ATOMS AND MOLECULES, because of that relationshi
p between AMU and gram, our MOLAR MASS usually has units of grams / mole of atom
s or mole of molecules. So when we read it, we could say grams per "gram-mole" o
r "g-mole"
and since 1000g = 1kg
(1g / g-mole) x (1kg / 1000g) x (1000 g-mole / 1kg-mole) = 1kg / kg-mole
the first unit factor converts g/g-mole to kg/g-mole.. the second converts g-mol
e to kg-mole
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what on earth does that mean? It means.. we can read relative atomic mass on a p
eriodic table as
AMU / atom
g / mole of atoms
g / gram-mole
kg / kg-mole of atoms
likewise.. since 1lb = 453.59g
1g / g-mole = 1b / lb-mole
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exs...
copper..
relative atomic mass = 63.55 AMU / atom
molar mass = 63.55g / mole
and with those extra dimensions of g, kg, lb, etc
molar mass = 63.55g / g-mole = 63.55kg / kg-mole = 63.55lb / lb-mole
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Why do we have those? You will RARELY run into kg-mole in chemistry class. You w
ill CONSTANTLY run into those in CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. Why?
let's think of this reaction
2 H2 + 1 O2 ---> 2 H2O
how many tons of H2O are produced from 2tons H2?
you could do this
2ton H2 x (2000lb/ton) x (454g/1lb) x (1moleH2 / 2.016gH2) x (2moles H2O / 2mole
s H2) x (18.02g H2O / 1mole H2O) x (1lb / 454g) x (1ton / 2000lb) = __ ton H2O
notice the redundency? (2000/1) x (454/1) x (1/454) x (1/2000)? We chemical engi
neers sometimes have calculations that are pages long and we like to abbreviate
as much as possible..
so we do this
2t H2 x (1 t-mole H2 / 2.016t H2) x (2 t-moles H2O / 2 t-moles H2) x (18.02t H2O
/ t-mole H2O) = __tons H2O
and save 4 unit factors. That is the ONLY reason we use kg-moles, ton-moles, etc
. To simplify calculations!
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if you're wondering.. ALL MOLES refers to 6.022x10^23 entities. But the entities
are NOT the same for g-moles, kg-moles, lb-moles, etc. In "g-moles" we're refer
ing to 6.022x10^23 atoms (or molecules or formula units). kg-moles refers to 6.0
22x10^23 groups of 1000 atoms. Lb-moles is 6.022x10^23 groups of 454 atoms. 1ton
mole = 6.022x10^23 groups of 2000x453.54 atoms.
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This topic is VERY complicated and I highly recommend you avoid it until you hav
e the concept of "moles" rock solid. And if you're not going into chemical engin
eering.. you'll probably never use it.
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questions?
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oh.. and this is nonsense.. "H2O means "moles" of H2O". WRONG. H2O without a # m
eans "water". H2O with a # means.. that number of H2O entities. Norries confusio
n lies in this
2 H2 + 1 O2 ---> 2 H2O
means
2 molecules H2 + 1 molecule O2 --> 2 molecules H2O
but if we multipy that by 12..
2 dozen H2's react with 1 dozen O2's --> 2 dozen H2O's
same for 6.022x10^23 and moles
2 mole reacts with 1 mole etc..