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mae2059
Apr 11, 2007, 05:53 PM
How do you convert moles and grams?

Capuchin
Apr 11, 2007, 11:35 PM
Well, moles work in a way such that 1 mole of a substance weighs it's molecular or atomic mass in grams. It's designed to work that way. So 1 mole of carbon-12 weighs 12 grams.

Once you understand what a mole is, the conversion is easy to figure out.