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What is formula mass and formula unit mass?

April 26, 2017Chemistry Formula India mass Mathematics

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What is formula mass and formula unit mass?

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Formula mass is the mass of a molecule of a covalent compound, CO2, add mass of 1 C and 2 O, 12 +16+16=44grams for a mole, or 44 amu for onemolecule Formulas unit mass is a term used for the mass of a unit cell of an ionic compound that is essentially bound to all the other ions around it. NaCl is formed from one Na+ at 23 and one Cl- at 35, total, 58, in reality all the Na+’s are held by all the Cl-‘s around them.