What is gram atom? 5 g atoms of Nitrogen, how much it would be? Thank you.

1 Answer
Nov 19, 2016

You already know how to do this; it is simply the number of atoms that have that much mass in total. Since we are considering #"N"# atom and not #"N"_2#:

#"5 g N" xx "1 mol"/"14.007 g N" xx (6.022xx10^23 "whatever you want")/("1 mol")#

#= color(blue)(2.15 xx 10^23)# #color(blue)("atoms of N")#

And if you really think about it, ths number is about 1/3 of a #"mol"#, and #"5 g"# is about 1/3 of #"14.007 g"# in #"1 mol"# of #"N"#.


If you mean the unit "gram atom", then Michael mentioned that it was an obsolete term for the "mol". So, yes, a "gram atom" (a countable quantity) is a "mol", but these days, it can be confused with a certain number of "grams" of an atom (a mass).