Agas cylinder contains exactly 15 moles of oxygen gas (o2). how many molecules of oxygen are in the cylinder? 4.01 × 1022 molecules 6.02 × 1023 molecules 9.03 × 1024 molecules 2.89 × 1026 molecules

Moles are used conveniently in chemistry especially in stoichiometric calculations involving reactions. The unit of mole is a collective term that holds 6.022×10^23 particles. These particles is a general term for any small units of matter including molecules, atoms and sub-particles. This ratio of 6.022×10^23 particles to 1 mole is known to be the Avogadro's number. Its exact number is actually 6.0221409×10^23. We use this constant in our stoichiometric calculation as follows:

15 moles oxygen * (6.022×10^23 molecules/ 1 mole oxygen) = 9.033×10^24 molecules of oxygen