A measure of the number of entities present in a substance, such as atoms, molecules, ions, and electrons, etc., expressed in moles. For example, the amount of an element is proportional to the number of atoms present where one mole of that element is equal to 6.022 1367 × 1023 atoms, which is Avogadro’s constant. It is given by:
(p. 13) where N is the number of atoms and NA is Avogadro’s constant. The SI unit is the mole. It is also known as chemical amount.