after studying my chemistry, the book made it seem like formula, molar, and molecular mass are the same thing. Is this true? True or false chemistry question?
its false because formula mass involves ionic compounds where as molar mass and molecular do not. True or false chemistry question?
False
I remember having this same question and the answer is sort of yes. Molecular mass is the weight of a molecule molar mass can refer to an atom or molecule.
Below is an excerpt for wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molar_mass
Molecular weight (M.W.) and formula weight (F.W.) are older terms for what is now more correctly called the relative molar mass (Mr).[2] This is a dimensionless quantity (i.e., a pure number, without units) equal to the molar mass divided by the molar mass constant.[8] The term formula weight (F.W.) has a specific meaning when used in the context of DNA synthesis: whereas an individual phosphoramidite nucleobase to be added to a DNA polymer has protecting groups and has its molecular weight quoted including these groups, the amount of molecular weight that is ultimately added by this nucleobase to a DNA polymer is referred to as the nucleobase's formula weight (i.e., the molecular weight of this nucleobase within the DNA polymer, minus protecting groups).
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