Their molecules move at different speeds
Velocity and mass are directly proportional to the quantity of momentum by:
p = mv. Therefore, and increase in either velocity or mass will lead to an increase in momentum and vice versa. Momentum during a reaction is always conserved, meaning that the mass and initial velocity before a reaction will always be equal to the change in mass and velocity produced after the reaction. Kinetic energy after a reaction, however, is not always conserved. For example if a fast moving vehicle collided with a stationary vehicle, and moved together, the overall kinetic energy would be after the reaction, as a heaver mass would be moved by the same velocity causing a decrease in kinetic energy.
I don't know if this is exactly what you are looking for, but in physics this is how it is understood.
Since there are 63.01284 grams to one mole of HNO3, then 12.5 moles would be in 450 grams of it.
