Chemistry  Learn About Moles: 1.00 Mol of Oxygen Molecules

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1.00 mol of oxygen molecules refers to 6.022 x 10^23 O2 molecules, as a mole is defined by Avogadro's number. Each O2 molecule consists of two oxygen atoms, but the question specifically asks for the number of molecules, not atoms. The concept of moles serves as a quantifying unit for large quantities, similar to how a dozen quantifies twelve items. Understanding that O2 is a diatomic molecule is important, but it does not change the fact that 1 mole corresponds to 6.022 x 10^23 molecules of O2. Therefore, 1.00 mol of oxygen molecules equals 6.022 x 10^23 O2 molecules.
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1.00 mol of oxygen molecules ? oxygen molecules

I know an oxygen molecule is 02, so would it be 2 oxygen molecules?

It's my first day learning moles, so I'm very lost about the 1.00 mol.
 
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A mole is equal to Avogadro's number in atoms/molecules. I don't think oxygen being diatomic plays a part in this since it's asking for the number of oxygen molecules.
 
1 mol of O2 x 6.0221415 × 10^23 molecules / mol = number of oxygen molecules in a mole
 
just think of "moles" as a quantifying unit

in order of magnitude: (small to big)
"one", "ten", "dozen", "hundred", "thousand", "million", "billion", "moles"

1 dozen of something = 1 x 12 = 12 something
1 moles of something = 1 x 6.022 x 10^23 = 6.022 x 10^23 something
 
There would be two oxygen atoms per a diatomic oxygen molecule, but O2 by itself is a molecule, not a single atom.
 

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