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Molar mass calculator

Enter a formula and get its molar mass, broken down by element.

Work it out

Case matters: Co is cobalt, CO is carbon monoxide. Brackets and hydrate dots are understood.

A worked example

CuSO₄·5H₂O

249.68 g/mol

  1. 1Copper contributes 1 × 63.546 = 63.546 g/mol.
  2. 2Sulfur contributes 1 × 32.067 = 32.067 g/mol.
  3. 3Oxygen contributes 9 in total — four in the sulfate and five in the waters — 9 × 15.999 = 143.99 g/mol.
  4. 4Hydrogen contributes 10 × 1.008 = 10.08 g/mol.
  5. 5Adding those gives 249.68 g/mol.

What this assumes

  • Standard atomic weights are used, so the answer is an average over natural isotope abundances. A mass spectrometry calculation wants the monoisotopic mass instead, which is a different number.

The terms used here

Molar mass
The mass of one mole of a substance, in grams per mole. Numerically the same as the formula weight.
Hydrate
A compound crystallised with water in its lattice, written after a dot: CuSO₄·5H₂O carries five waters per formula unit.
Standard atomic weight
The average mass of an element's atoms weighted by how common each isotope is on Earth.

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