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A snowflake contains 2.0*10^18 molecules of water. How many moles of water does it contain?

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Avogadro's number represents the number of units in one mole of any substance. This has the value of 6.022 x 10^23 units / mole. This number can be used to convert the number of atoms or molecules into number of moles. We calculate as follows:

2.0*10^18 molecules of water ( 1 mol / 6.022 x 10^23 molecules ) = 3.32x10^-6 mol water
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