amount of substance
Chinese equivalent: 物质的量
amount of substance A physical quantity representing the number of elementary entities (e.g., molecules, atoms) in a system, denoted by n, with unit mole (mol).
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amount of substance A physical quantity representing the number of elementary entities (e.g., molecules, atoms) in a system, denoted by n, with unit mole (mol).
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