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Avogadro's Number And Mole Concept

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A weather balloon contains 2 moles of an ideal gas, so approximately how many gas molecules are present given Avogadro's number is 6.022 times ten to the twenty-third?

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Subject
physics
Chapter
kinetic theory of gases
Topic
avogadro's number and mole concept
Difficulty
Easy
Year
2025
Tags
Avogadro's numbermole conceptmolecule countnumber of molesweather balloon

Solution

Correct Answer:

About 1.2 times ten to the twenty-fourth

Solving this uses the mole concept and Avogadro's number as defined in NCERT Class 11, Chapter 13 (Kinetic Theory), where one mole of any substance contains exactly particles. The total number of molecules equals the number of moles multiplied by Avogadro's number, . Substituting moles gives molecules, approximately . The option corresponds to only one mole, ignoring the factor of two. The option mistakenly divides rather than multiplies by the mole count. The option has the correct leading digits but the wrong power of ten. A magnitude check reassures us: doubling one mole must double the molecule count, and multiplying by two correctly rolls over into the range, so is dimensionally and numerically sound.

This easy difficulty physics question is from the chapter kinetic theory of gases, covering the topic of avogadro's number and mole concept. It appeared in the 2025 exam.

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