Mole
symbol mol. The SI unit of amount of substance. It may be defined as equal to the amount of substance that contains as many elementary units as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon -12. The elementary units may be atoms, molecules, ions, radicals, electron, etc. and must be specified. I mole of a compound has a mass equal to its relative molecular mass expressed in grams.
Molecular crystal
a crystal that has molecules or individual atoms at the lattice points.


