In principle we could use the more familiar unit dozen in place of mole when expressing the quantities of particles (atoms, ions, or molecules) in chemical reactions. What would be the disadvantage in doing so?
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02 x 10^23 items or particles. This means that using dozen would result in very large numbers when trying to express quantities of particles in chemical reactions. Show more…
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