Mole: Avogadro's Number & Its Discovery

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Avogadro's number, 6.022 x 10^23, represents the number of atoms in one mole, a concept first linked to the mass of hydrogen gas. The value was not discovered by Avogadro but named after him, with its approximate determination credited to Loschmidt in 1865. The definition of one mole is based on empirical measurements, particularly the mass of 1 gram of hydrogen, which aligns with the cgs system used in theoretical physics. The original gram was defined as the mass of 1 cubic centimeter of water, highlighting the arbitrary nature of these units. The discussion emphasizes the historical context and empirical basis behind Avogadro's number rather than a precise derivation.
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Why there is
1mole⇒6.022*1023 atom.
Why there is not another number.
How avogrado find that number exactely correct at that time where there was no instuments.
 
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Avogadro did not find that number, it was only named after him. It's approximate value was first determined by Loschmidt in 1865:
http://books.google.de/books?id=ppEAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA395#v=onepage&q&f=false
One mole was first defined as the number of atoms in 1g of hydrogen gas. As 1g is a fundamental unit in the cgs system, which is until today the preferred unit system in theoretical physics, this setting seems quite reasonable.
 
But why
1 mole ⇒6.022*1023 atoms is their any derivation for it.
 
It is the definition of the gram which is arbitrary and the number of atoms in one mole is purely empirical. The original definition of the gram was the mass of 1 cubic centimetre of water. At that time (end of the 18th century), one had no idea about the number of molecules that this amount might contain.
 
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