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How many moles of sulfur hexafluoride are present in 2.56E21 molecules of this compound?

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That many sulfur hexafluoride or SF6 molecules are equivalent to 0.00425 moles.
You know that 1 mole of any compound contains 6.0221023 molecules of that compound - this is known as Avogadro's number. Since you have less that that number of molecules of sulfur hexafluoride to work with, you'll have less than 1 mole.

So, the exact number of moles you have is
2.561021 molecules 1 mole6.0221023molecules=0.4251102=0.00425 moles
The answer is rounded to three sig figs, the number of sig figs you have in 2.561021.

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