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:N<sub>A</sub> = 6.02214179(30) x 10<sup>23</sup> mol<sup>-1</sup> | :N<sub>A</sub> = 6.02214179(30) x 10<sup>23</sup> mol<sup>-1</sup> | ||
This constant was named after Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro by Jean Perrin in 1909 (Ref. 3). | |||
==Interesting reading== | ==Interesting reading== | ||
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2188962 Ronald Newburgh, Joseph Peidle and Wolfgang Rueckner "Einstein, Perrin, and the reality of atoms: 1905 revisited", American Journal of Physics '''74''' pp. 478-481 (2006)] | *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/1.2188962 Ronald Newburgh, Joseph Peidle and Wolfgang Rueckner "Einstein, Perrin, and the reality of atoms: 1905 revisited", American Journal of Physics '''74''' pp. 478-481 (2006)] | ||
Revision as of 18:11, 15 February 2008
The Avogadro constant () in Le Système international d'unités is given by:
- NA = 6.02214179(30) x 1023 mol-1
This constant was named after Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro by Jean Perrin in 1909 (Ref. 3).
Interesting reading
References
- CODATA
- G. Mana and G. Zosi "The Avogadro constant", La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento 18 pp. 1-23 (1995)
- Jean Perrin "Mouvement brownien et réalité moléculaire", Annales de chimie et de physique XVIII (8e série) pp. 5-113 (1909) Page images on Gallica