Monday, August 8, 2011

Chemistry: This Day in Science History - August 9 - Amedeo Avogadro

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This Day in Science History - August 9 - Amedeo Avogadro
Aug 8th 2011, 22:05

August 9th is the birthday of an important figure in chemistry, Amedeo Avogadro. Avogadro was the Italian chemist who formulated the ideal gas law that equal volumes of gas at the same pressure and temperature contain the same number of particles. Avogadro's number, 6.022x1023, is the number of particles per mole of a substance. It is the number of atoms in exactly 12 grams of carbon-12.

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