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You are composed of about 65% water. how many mols of water are in your body

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Well, 60% of 70kg is 42L (as water has a specific gravity of 1.000, though the density does change minutely with variations in temperature and pressure). For the purposes of this exercise though, we'll assume that 1 L of water = 1kg.

A mole is a unit of measuring the quantity of anything. A single mole is set to the number of particles found in 12 grams of carbon-12. This number is 6.022 x 10 to the 23rd power carbon atoms.

A mole of water has 6.022 x 10 to the 23rd power water molecules.

A water molecule is made up of one hydrogen atom and two oxygen atoms.

A mole of water therefore contains one mole of oxygen atoms and one mole of hydrogen atoms.

The atomic weight of hydrogen is 1.0079, and for oxygen 15.9994.

2(1.0079) + 15.9994 = 18.0152

One mole of water is 18.0152 grams.

1000/18.0152 = 55.5086815578

There are 55.51 (rounded) moles in 1 litre of water.

42 x 55.51 = 2331.3646254274 moles of water in a 70 kg person.

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