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Mole: amount of pure substance containing the same number of chemical units as there are atoms in exactly 12 grams 12Carbon. Avogadro Constant: 6.02 x 1023 1 mole of any substance contains this many particles. Relative Atomic Mass: the average mass of all naturally occurring isotopes of an element compared to an atom of 12C (having mass of 12) Symbol: Ar Relative Formula Mass: sum of all atomic masses of all atoms in the formula. Measured in gmol-1 Relative Molecular Mass: exactly the same as relative formula mass. Symbol: Mr
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The simplest whole-number ratio of atoms in a compound is called the empirical formula.