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Help I don’t get why they haven’t converted the mass of aspartame in can to kg since everything else is in kg
167mg = 1.67 x 10^-4 kgIMG_2155.jpegIMG_2156.jpeg
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Original post by Alevelhelp.1
Help I don’t get why they haven’t converted the mass of aspartame in can to kg since everything else is in kg
167mg = 1.67 x 10^-4 kgIMG_2155.jpegIMG_2156.jpeg

Moles are calculated relative to the number of grams:

Moles = (mass in grams)/(relative mass in grams per mole)

Multiplying a quantity in kg by a quantity in mol kg^-1 will give a quantity measured in mol - the kg’s cancel out.

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