Posadas [he/him, they/them] to Science • 4 years agoMr. Avogadro has an important messageimagemessage-square23 fedilinkarrow-up191
arrow-up191imageMr. Avogadro has an important messagePosadas [he/him, they/them] to Science • 4 years agomessage-square23 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]hexbear12·edit-24 years agoA mole is that number of anything (not merely carbon); it's dimensionless. The mole should say "I'm equal to 6.02E23". link
minus-squarePosadas [he/him, they/them]hexagonhexbear6·4 years ago Counterpoint You may be wondering how chemists came up with a number like 6.02 x 1023but there is a reason! Chemists defined a mole as the amount of atoms that are in exactly 12 grams of carbon-12, which is Avogadro’s number! link
minus-squareRationalRhetoric [he/him,none/use name]hexbear7·4 years agoFunny enough the mole has recently (may 2019) been redefined to mean however much of any substance contains N particles https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro_constant link
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]hexbear4·edit-24 years agoYes, the mole is was defined according to carbon-12, but a mole still represents only a quantity. The meter is defined according to the speed of light and a quantity of time, but the meter measures neither time nor speed. link
minus-squarehexaflexagonbear [he/him]hexbear9·4 years agoBringing a laser, a vacuum, and some cesium atoms to a construction sites for some measurements. link
A mole is that number of anything (not merely carbon); it's dimensionless.
The mole should say "I'm equal to 6.02E23".
Counterpoint
You may be wondering how chemists came up with a number like 6.02 x 1023but there is a reason! Chemists defined a mole as the amount of atoms that are in exactly 12 grams of carbon-12, which is Avogadro’s number!
Funny enough the mole has recently (may 2019) been redefined to mean however much of any substance contains N particles
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro_constant
Yes, the mole
iswas defined according to carbon-12, but a mole still represents only a quantity.The meter is defined according to the speed of light and a quantity of time, but the meter measures neither time nor speed.
Bringing a laser, a vacuum, and some cesium atoms to a construction sites for some measurements.
A man of precision. 👍
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