Would I be right in saying that 1 jar of sugar could be '1 mole' of sugar?

Subject: Would I be right in saying that 1 jar of sugar could be '1 mole' of sugar?

Date: Sat Apr 28 03:53:45 2001
Posted by No name entered.
Grade level: 10-12 School: No school entered.
City: No city entered. State/Province: No state entered. Country: No country entered.
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 988444425.Ch

Message:


For a child to understand, you could relate a jar of sugar to a substance. In 
other words is it correct to say 1 jar of sugar contains thousands of sugar 
grains, therefore it could be 1 mole of sugar? (Rather than 10000000 grains of 
sugar) I know a mole contains 6.02 X 10^23 particles, but to put it in simpler 
terms (that a 
child could understand) is my comparison right?

Re: Would I be right in saying that 1 jar of sugar could be '1 mole' of sugar?

Current Queue | Current Queue for Chemistry | Chemistry archives

Try the links in the MadSci Library for more information on Chemistry.