by Guest » Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:29 pm
A mole is an amount of substance equal to Avagadro's number (~6.02 x 10^23) atoms or molecules of that substance. You determine the number of grams of the material in a mole by adding the atomic weights from the chemical formula.
In water, sodium and potassium dissociate as ions, so it is just the elemental atomic weight. You can find these in the periodic table, but they are:
Na, 22.99 g/mol
K, 39.10 g/mol