In the SI systems of unit the mole is one of the seven base units. It is frequently used in chemical calculations. However a mole of something is just a particular quantity of it. It is a not a unit of a measure in the way that meter seconds and kilograms are. Calculations performed with a number of moles of a sepsis could also be performed with the number of particles of a substance. Based on this information do you think that the mo should be considered a base unit in Si system? Explain why or why not.
