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Q.Define one mole.

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Step 1. Mole is the practical unit used to express the amount of a gas (or any substance).

Step 2. One mole of any substance is defined as the amount that contains Avogadro's number, NA=6.023×1023 mol−1N_A=6.023\times10^{23}\ \text{mol}^{-1}, of elementary particles (atoms or molecules).

Step 3. Avogadro's number itself is defined as the number of carbon atoms contained in exactly 12 g of the isotope 12C^{12}\text{C}.

✓Final answer

One mole is the amount of substance containing NA=6.023×1023N_A=6.023\times10^{23} particles, where NAN_A is defined via 12 g of 12^{12}C.

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