A sample of aluminium has a mass of 13.5 g. Use Ar(Al)=27A_r(\mathrm{Al}) = 27Ar(Al)=27 and the Avogadro constant 6.02×1023 mol−16.02 \times 10^{23}\,\mathrm{mol^{-1}}6.02×1023mol−1.
Calculate the number of aluminium atoms in the sample.
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