Monday, January 10, 2011

Day One: Activity 2

What is Atomic Mass?
Atomic mass is the total mass of protons, neutrons, and electrons in a single atom. Mass of 1 mole of atoms.

What is a dozen?
A dozen is 12.

What is a case?
A case is 24.

What is a gross?
A gross is a dozen dozens which is used for bigger numbers. Gross = 144

What is a mole?
A mole is the standard scientific unit used when dealing with atoms in macroscopic quantities.
One mole 6.02 x 10 ^23

How many planet earth's are needed to have a mole of people?
Mole 6.02 x 10^23
Planet Earth 6 x 10^9
X x 6 x 10^9 = 6.02 x 10^23
               X = 6.02 x 10^23/ 6 x 10^9
               X = 1 x 10^14
               X = 100,000,000,000,000

Na Sodium intake for the day?
1500 mg = 1.5 g
23 g Na Atoms/ 1 mole of Na Atoms
0.06 mole Na Atoms x 6.02 x 10^23 Na Atoms/1 mole Na Atoms = 6.02 x 10^23/10 = 6.02 x 10^22

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