Question

How many moles are in $.0688g$ $AgCl$?

Answer 1

A mole is one of the fundamental units which helps to calculate a big number. In any chemical reaction, the number of mole ratio of reactant and product is always fixed i.e., we always use fixed numbers of mole of reactant to form a fixed number of moles of product.

Complete step by step answer:
A mole is derived from a Greek word called Mol which means a heap or a pile. It is used to calculate a big number which is difficult to calculate in real terms. In the international System of Units called SI system, mole is one of the fundamental units which help us to calculate the big numbers. It is also called Avogadro’s number in respect of Amadeo Avogadro and one mole of any substance (atom, ions, molecules, electron, neutron, and proton) is equal to
$1\;mole\; = 6.022 \times {10^{23}}$ particles
In chemistry, mole is widely used to calculate the amount of substance formed, volume of gas released at Standard temperature and pressure condition called STP, number of particles or molecules formed during a chemical reaction.
It also helps us to calculate the gram molecular mass and gram atomic mass of a substance in reference of $1/{12^{th}}\;of\;C - 12.$
Given: Mass of silver chloride $(AgCl) = 0.688\;gm\;AgCl$
Let us find gram molecular mass of $\operatorname{AgCl}$ first before doing calculation of number of moles of $\operatorname{AgCl}$
Gram molecular mass of $\operatorname{AgCl} = mass\;of\;1\;Ag + mass\;of\;1\;Cl$
Gram molecular mass of $\operatorname{AgCl} = 108gm/mol + 35.5gm/mol$ Gram molecular mass of $\operatorname{AgCl} = 143.5gm/mol$
Formula used:
Number of moles of $\operatorname{AgCl} =$ given mass of $\operatorname{AgCl}$ in gram / gram molecular mass
Number of moles $\operatorname{AgCl} = 0.688gm/143.5gm\;mo{l^{ - 1}}$
Number of moles $\operatorname{AgCl} = 0.0048\;mol$
Final answer:
Number of moles of $\operatorname{AgCl} = 0.0048\;mol$

Note:
Mole can also be find out by many ways
Number of moles $=$ mass of given atom / gram atomic mass
Number of moles $=$ Number of atom $/6.022 \times {10^{23}}$
Number of moles $=$ Given volume of gas at STP / molar volume of $22.4$Liter