How many oxygen atoms does 1 mol of #O_2# gas have?

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anor277
Jun 1, 2016

If I buy a pair of socks, how many socks do I have? Well I have the one pair, but I do have TWO socks!

Explanation:

You specify a mole of oxygen molecules. This is a mole, Avogadro's number, of #O_2# species.

Clearly there are #2xxN_A# oxygen atoms, where #N_A="Avogadro's number", # #6.022xx10^23#.

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