explain the molar mass
Answers
Molar mass (or) Gram molecular weight ( GMW ) :
The molecular weight which is numerically expressed in grams is called GMW.
Ex: Molecular weight of H2O is 18 amu.
GMW ( molar mass ) of H2O is 18 g.
Molar Mass :
We all want to know that in a particular substance how many molecules are present. Molecules and atoms are very tiny, both in size and mass.
The molar mass is the weight of one sample mole. Connect the atomic masses (atomic weights) of all atoms within the molecule to calculate the molar mass. Find the atomic mass for each element using the mass shown in the Periodic Table or Atomic Weight Table.
Multiply the subscript (number of atoms) times that element’s atomic mass and add the masses of all the elements in the molecule to obtain the molecular mass. Molar mass is typically expressed in either grams ( g) or kilograms (kg).
What Is Molar Mass?
Relative molar mass is defined as the smallest mass unit of a compound with one twelfth of the mass of one carbon – 12 atom.
In a substance, the amount of entities present for e.g. atoms, molecules, ions, is defined as a mole. A mole of any substance is 6.022×1023 molecules. Just as we take a standard value to calculate different things e.g. 1 dozen =12 items similarly we use the mole to calculate the size of the smallest entities quantitatively.
Molar Mass Unit :
The standard unit for this is g mol−1. However, the SI unit is kg mol−1, which is very rare.
Mole Concept :
The amount of atoms present in 12g (0.012 kg) of the 12C isotope is the amount of particles present in 1 mole of the substance. One of the most important facts that should be kept in mind is that the mole of a substance always contains the same number of entities whatever the substance may be.
To know the number precisely the mass of carbon-12 atom was calculated by using a mass spectrometer and it was found to be 1.992648×10−3g.
As we know that one mole of carbon weighs 12g, the total no. of atoms in it is equal to 6.0221367×1023. The no. of entities in 1 mole plays a vital role in calculations in chemistry. That is why it is given a name called Avogadro’s number(NA). From the above discussion, we can say that the number of atoms present in 1 mole of hydrogen is equal to 6.022×1023.
Mole Definition :
In chemistry the mole is a fundamental (SI) unit used to measure the amount of substance. This quantity is sometimes referred to as the chemical amount.
A substance is something that has mass and occupies space. The molar mass/molecular weight is actually the sum of the total mass in grams of the atoms present to make up a molecule per mole. The unit of molar mass is grams/mole.
Molar Mass – Formula
It is all very well to calculate the atomic molecular and formula masses of atoms, molecules, and other compounds, but since we cannot weigh an individual particle, these masses have a limited usefulness. To make measurements of mass useful we must express chemical quantities at the macroscopic level. The bridge between the particulate and the macroscopic levels is molar mass, the mass in grams of one mole of a substance. The units of molar mass follow from its definition; grams per mole. Mathematically, the defining equation of molar mass is
Molar mass = mass/mole = g/mol
The definition of atomic mass, the mole, and molar mass are all directly or indirectly related to carbon-12. This leads to two important facts.
The mass of one atom of carbon-12 the atomic mass of carbon-12 is exactly 12 atomic mass units.
The mass of one mole of carbon-12 atoms is exactly 12 grams; its molar mass is exactly 12 grams per mole.
Notice that the atomic mass and the molar mass of carbon-12 are numerically equal. They differ only in units; atomic mass is measured in atomic mass units, and molar mass is measured in grams per mole. The same relationship exists between atomic and molar masses of elements, between molecular masses and molar masses of molecular substances and between formula masses and molar masses of ionic compounds.
What is the Percentage of Composition?
We can find the percentage composition of a substance by dividing the mass of that substance to the total mass of the substance. Suppose we have to find out the percentage composition of hydrogen in butane(C4H10) then it will be:
The total mass of one mole of butane =58.123
Mass of hydrogen in one mole of butane = 10.0794
Therefore, mass percent of hydrogen in butane=10.07958.123×100=17.3
These concepts play a very important role in studying the behaviour of matter under different conditions.