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

explanation:

metals have excess of electrons whereas non-metals have deficiency of electrons. thus, in order to gain stability metals easily donate their electrons to the non-metals.

for example, electronic configuration of sodium is and electronic configuration of phosphorous is .

when a phosphorous atom and sodium atom combine together then sodium will donate is extra one electron to the phosphorous atom. as a result there will be formation of ionic bond between sodium and phosphorous.

the reaction will be as follows.

there, are three sodium sodium atoms and each of them will donate its one extra electron to phosphorous atom. thus, the sub-shell of phosphorous gets completely filled.  

thus, we can conclude that electrons are transferred from atoms of sodium to atoms of phosphorous. this transfer makes the sodium atoms donate one electron and the phosphorous atoms to gain one electron. as a result, the sodium and phosphorus atoms strongly attract each other.