Conversion from molar mass to mols

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This is not a question from a book.

I know that Cobalt-60 has the atomic mass of 59.933817059u. How can I get the amount of moles in 1μ Cobalt-60?

I know that ##n=\frac{m}{M}## but I can't really ply it here it seems.
Can anyone help me please?
 
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Rectifier said:
I know that n=mMn=\frac{m}{M} but I can't really ply it here it seems.
I don't see why it can't be applied here.
 
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insightful said:
I don't see why it can't be applied here.
Alright so I have the mass which is 1μg. But how can I turn that u thingy into M?
 
Doesn't M=59.934 g/mol ?
 
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Then there is 1.668507... × 10^-8mols in 1 microgram Co-60. Thank you.