amount of substance

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amount of substance (plural amounts of substance)

(chemistry) The number of particles or formula units (depending on type) present of some substance in some sample; SI unit: mole.

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Amount of substance can be described as mass divided by Proust's "definite proportions", and contains information that is missing from the measurement of mass alone. Source: Internet

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