What is the meaning for the unit kilogram-mole?
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The mole is defined as the number of atoms in 12 g of ${}^{12}\mathrm{C}$.
Some people also call this the gram-mole (g-mole), i.e. 1 mole = 1 g-mole. The kg-mole is then defined bt 1 kg-mole = 1000 g-mole = 1000 mole, so it is the number of atoms in 12 kg of ${}^{12}\mathrm{C}$.
If you really want to confuse people you could also use lb-mole...
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Updated on March 28, 2020Comments
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R Ram over 3 years
Recently, I came across the unit J/(kg-mole * K). What is the meaning of kg-mole? Please explain me the meaning behind it.
Thanks in advance,
Rram
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rob over 6 yearsCan you quote the place where you found this unit, with some context?
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David White over 6 yearsIn the world of chemical engineers in industry, they are only interested in getting the chemical ratios of mixtures correct, so U.S. engineers typically do use the lb-mole.
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alephzero over 6 yearsU.S. units confuse everybody, including some U.S. engineers.