Amount of substance measures a count of specified entities, such as chemical atoms, molecules, ions, or electrons, using the mole as its SI base unit. It differs from mass: equal amounts of substance of different chemical substances contain equal entity counts but generally have different masses. If entities are present, , where is the Avogadro constant. The specified entity matters: one mole of water molecules contains two moles of hydrogen chemical atoms. [ref]
The Avogadro constant converts amount of substance into a dimensionless entity count: . Its value is exact under the SI definition of the mole. [ref]
The Faraday constant is the electric charge associated with one mole of elementary charges, . The product of the Avogadro constant and elementary charge is exact under the SI definitions; the displayed decimal is rounded. For ions with signed charge number , the molar electrical contribution to an electrochemical potential is , where is electric potential. [ref].
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The amount of substance is a fundamental physical quantity that quantifies the quantity of entities, such as atoms, molecules, or particles, in a given sample. It is represented by the symbol \( n \) and is measured in moles (mol). One mole of a substance contains exactly \( 6.022 \times 10^{23} \) entities, a number known as Avogadro's number.