Moles (mol)

The mole is the SI base unit of amount of substance.

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1 mole = 1,000 millimoles

Quick facts

Unit
Mole (plural: moles)
Symbol
mol
Measures
Amount of Substance
System
SI
Definition
Exactly 6.02214076 × 10²³ elementary entities.

1 mole in other units

Millimoles1,000 mmol
Kilomoles0.001 kmol
Micromoles1,000,000 µmol
Pound-moles0.002204622622 lb-mol
Nanomoles1,000,000,000 nmol

What is a mole?

The mole is the SI base unit of amount of substance. It lets chemists count atoms and molecules by weighing them: one mole of any substance contains Avogadro's number of particles.

Where the mole sits among amount of substance units

The mole is number 7 of 13 on our scale of amount of substance units, ordered from smallest to largest.

Moles in real life

  • 18 g of water is one mole
  • 22.4 L of an ideal gas at 0 °C and 1 atm is one mole
  • 12 g of carbon-12 is exactly one mole

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Frequently asked questions

What is a mole?

The mole is the SI base unit of amount of substance.

How is the mole defined?

Exactly 6.02214076 × 10²³ elementary entities.

How many millimoles are in a mole?

One mole equals 1,000 millimoles.

How many kilomoles are in a mole?

One mole equals 0.001 kilomoles.

How many micromoles are in a mole?

One mole equals 1,000,000 micromoles.