Origin of Avogadro's Number: Explained

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The origin of Avogadro's number, which is 6.022 x 10²³, is rooted in the work of Amedeo Avogadro, an Italian scientist who proposed that equal volumes of gases, at the same temperature and pressure, contain an equal number of molecules. This concept was pivotal in the development of molecular theory and stoichiometry. The number itself was later defined based on the number of atoms in one mole of a substance, linking it to the atomic scale and facilitating calculations in chemistry.

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This link should be useful

http://www.moleday.org/htdocs/numhist.html

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