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First, how many moles are present in each of the following masses? 2.58g of SrSO4 and 2.53 x10-3g of Ag2CO3.

Second, going in reverse, How many grams are necessary to obtain the given number of moles? 3.20 x 10-4 moles of NaOH and 6.42 moles of AgNO3.

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The solution describes the concept of mole in chemistry and shows simple mass-to-mole conversion procedure.

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The atomic weight of each element actually tells us how many grams one mole of the element weighs. Or in other words, how many grams do 6.0231023 atoms of the element weigh.

For example, Arsenic's atomic weight is 74.92
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