Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · The mole

The mole — practice question

(a)[2]

State what the Avogadro constant $N_A$ means.

(b)[4]

A balloon contains helium gas at a pressure of $1.1 \times 10^{5}\ \text{Pa}$ and a temperature of $25^\circ\text{C}$. Its volume is $6.5 \times 10^{4}\ \text{cm}^3$. Helium can be treated as an ideal gas. Find the number of gas atoms in the balloon.

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This 6-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: The number of atoms of carbon-12 in $0.012\,\text{kg}$ of carbon-12

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