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Amedeo Avogadro must have been annoyed that his hypothesis
was ignored for almost 50 years. Perhaps Avogadro should have given more
experimental evidence for his idea to enable other researchers to have
confidence in his ideas. Although Ampère
formulated the same hypothesis independently, Avogardo is now credited
with being the originator of this fundamental concept.
- Born: Turin --- 9th August 1776
- Died: Turin --- 9th July 1856
- Lawyer and physicist
- Avogadro's Hypothesis
The hypothesis states that equal volumes of all gases at the same
temperature pressure contain equal numbers of molecules. We now know that
the number of molecules of gas in one mole is about 6.1 time 1023.
This is known as the Avogadro Constant or Avogadro's Number.
His full name was: Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro di Quaregua e
di Cerreto
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