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Working out Equations from Reacting Masses

Edexcel AS-level ChemistryAmount of Substance and CalculationsLesson 11 of 39

If there are two possible reactions for the same reactants, the reacting masses can be used to identify which reaction has taken place.

For example, copper forms two oxides CuO and Cu2O, copper(II) oxide and copper(I) oxide.

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mole
The amount of substance containing 6.02 x 10^23 particles, the same number as the atoms in 12 g of carbon-12.

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