Compared to a mole of oxygen, how many atoms are in a mole of sulfur?

In terms of the number of atoms present in one mole of a substance, Avogadro's number, which is (6.022 \times 10^{23}), applies universally. Therefore, a mole of any element contains this same number of individual atoms, regardless of the type of element being considered. This implies that a mole of oxygen, which consists of (6.022 \times 10^{23}) molecules of O_2, actually contains (6.022 \times 10^{23} \times 2) atoms, since each molecule of O_2 contains two oxygen atoms.

On the other hand, a mole of sulfur, existing in its elemental form typically as S_8 (which is a molecule composed of 8 sulfur atoms), still contains (6.022 \times 10^{23}) sulfur atoms in a mole. This means that both a mole of sulfur atoms and a mole of oxygen molecules yield the same number of basic building blocks (atoms) when calculated per mole.

Thus, when the question asks for a comparison of the total number of atoms in a mole of sulfur to that in a mole of oxygen, the answer would indeed be that they are equal since both consist of a mole