Tom Carter sed:
p.s. Pedagogical question: An exercise I do in class from time to
time is to ask this question: "What would Avogadro's Number have
been if the French Revolution had failed? (Justify your answer . .
.)" (Hint: step 1: what possible relation might those have to each
other? :-)
Would it be Loschmidts number? 2.686 7774(47)×10^25 molecules per
cubic meter
or would it be simply expressed in other units?
6.02214129(27)×10^23 mol^-1
2.73159734(12)×10^26 (lb-mol)^-1
1.707248434(77)×10^25 (oz-mol)^-1
I'm hazy on whether to attribute any such change to France's
relinquishment of the Piedmont region (whence Avogadro hailed),
Avogadro's introduction of the SI system into Italian science
(influenced by the French?), or Jean Baptiste Perrin's (French Nobel
prizewinner) eminence that allowed him to actually name this magic
number in honor of Amedeo Avogadro?
I have a question for you...
If Avogadro's number is a mole, what is an Avacado's number.
Inquiring minds want to know!
hint: it is a bad pun
- Steve
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