Zeptomole
Zeptomole is a unit of measurement used in chemistry and molecular biology to denote very small quantities of entities such as atoms, molecules, or biochemical substances. It is part of the International System of Units (SI) scale and is equivalent to 10-21 moles. This makes it a useful unit for measuring extremely small quantities of substances, such as those found in nanotechnology and biotechnology applications.
Definition[edit | edit source]
The zeptomole is defined as one sextillionth (10-21) of a mole. The mole is a fundamental unit in the International System of Units, and it is used to express the amount of a chemical substance. It is defined as the amount of a substance that contains as many entities (such as atoms or molecules) as there are in 12 grams of pure carbon-12.
Applications[edit | edit source]
The zeptomole is used in various scientific fields, including chemistry, molecular biology, and biotechnology. It is particularly useful in the measurement of very small quantities of substances. For example, in molecular biology, it can be used to measure the amount of a specific DNA or RNA sequence in a sample. In nanotechnology, it can be used to quantify the amount of a substance at the nanoscale.
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