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Italian physicist Amedeo Avogadro put forth the hypothesis that equal volumes of gases under the same conditions of pressure and temperature contain the same number of particles. Trained as a lawyer, Avogadro turned to the study of science and spent most of his career as Chair of Mathematical Physics at Turin. Although he published widely on subjects in physics and chemistry, he is most famous for building on the work of French chemist Joseph Louis Guy-Lussac (1778-1850) with the 1811 publication of his hypothesis, and the idea that gases are made up of atoms or combinations of atoms (molecules) and can be quantified. Although his work was largely ignored during his lifetime, by the 1880s it was universally accepted, thanks to Stanislao Cannizzaro, who created a table of atomic weights based on Avogadro's work. Later physicists and chemists determined the value of "Avogadro's Number," the number of gas molecules in one mole (the atomic or molecular weight in grams), as 6.022 x 1023.

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Who make Amedeo Avogadro famous?

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Why was amedeo avogadro famous?

Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro proposed the equal volumes of gas that was the same pressure and temp. contains the same number of molecules, a molecule is the smallest part of a compound and he also has a quite famous equation.


What was Amedeo Avogadro's most famous quote?

the masses of the same volume of different gases (at the same temperature and pressure) corresponds to the relationship between their respective molecular weights. by unknown that's me


Who was Amedeo Avogadro?

Amedeo Avogadro was an Italian scientist who is known for his contributions to molecular theory. He introduced Avogadro's law, which states that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain the same number of molecules. Avogadro's constant, a fundamental physical constant used to relate the number of particles to the amount of substance in a sample, is named in his honor.


Is there a famous scientist that lastname starts with a?

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Is it true that Avogadro did experiments to determine Avogadro's number?

No, Amadeo Avogadro did not directly determine Avogadro's number. Avogadro's number (6.022 x 10^23) is named in his honor due to his contributions to the development of the concept of the mole and Avogadro's hypothesis, rather than through direct experimental determination.


What rhymes with Avogadro?

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How do you calculate avogadro's number?

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When was Albert Avogadro born?

Albert Avogadro was born in 1149.


When did Pietro Avogadro die?

Pietro Avogadro died in 1730.


Velocity in avogadro's number?

Avogadro's number does not have anything to do with velocity.


Are any special places named after Amedeo Avogadro?

Yes, there is a street and a university in Italy named after Amedeo Avogadro, known as Via Avogadro in Turin and the University of Eastern Piedmont "Amedeo Avogadro" in Vercelli. Additionally, there is the Avogadro crater on the moon named in his honor.