urgent simple chem confusion mol

[physics]

i dont get how this works 1 mol of H2SO4 contains 2 mole of H+ but how can the H2SO4 equal to one mol because isnt there more amount of substance :S

i have this mole ratio thingo
 n(H2SO4)           1
__________  =   ____
n (H)                  2

and i dont know why its 1/2 and not 2/1
please explain this ju\ibby concept :O
karma to everyone that helps cause i really need to get teh basic concepts of this thing... :

[ed_saifa]

H2SO4---> 2H+ + SO4-

[the.watchman]

Thinking more logically, for every split-up molecule of H2SO4, there would be two molcules of H, yeah?
So for every mole of H2SO4, there would be 2mol of H, thus your ratio of

[physics]

so basically just take mol as being the term molecula..if u put it that way i get it...
so for every H2SO4 molecule there are 2 molecules of H+ likewise to 1 mol and 2 mol as just being a unit yeh?
so when they ask the mol ratio they are stating the mol of the compound which is 1 mol of H2SO4 ratio : 2 mol of H+ in the H2SO4?

[the.watchman]

You can think of it as: for every mol of H2SO4, there is 2mol of H (rather than your explanation, which although more or less correct, assumes a particular amount

[physics]

i thinky i get it i think so...
thanks

[the.watchman]

i thinky i get it i think so...
thanks

No prob

[longy1991]

The best way i've found to think about it is looking at mol as just another number.
So imagine mol is 20 things
i have 20 cars --> 1 mol of cars.
but if i take off all their wheels, i have 80 wheels.
80 wheels --> 4 mol of wheels.
Therefore, n(cars) : n(wheels) = 1 : 4

It is the same thing with the sulfuric acid example and the mole equalling 6.02x10^23.
6.02x10^23 H2SO4s will dissociate to give 12.04x10^23 H+s.
Or, 1 mol of H2SO4 gives 2 mol of H+
Therefore, n(H2SO4) : n(H+) = 1 : 2