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How can chemists count atoms and molecules that are far too small and numerous to count one by one?
The SI quantity amount of substance and its unit, the mole, make that bridge quantitative.
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Amount of substance, symbol n, measures how many specified elementary entities are represented. The entities must be stated, for example atoms, molecules, ions, electrons, or another specified group.