Amedeo Avogadro

Also known as Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro

Italian scientist

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Amedeo Avogadro was an Italian scientist who made important contributions to chemistry and physics in the early 1800s. He is best known for Avogadro's Law, which describes how gases behave, and for the concept of the mole, a fundamental tool that chemists still use today to measure and work with atoms and molecules.

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It is catalogued under topics including 1776 births, 1856 deaths and Academic staff of the University of Turin.

Its subject is documented across 93 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Carlo
Gender: male
Place of birth: Turin
Place of death: Turin
Occupation: university teacher
Educated at: University of Turin
Employer: University of Turin
Languages spoken: Italian
Noble title: king
Field of work: Polus of Aegina
Image: Amadeo Avogadro.png

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Commons category: Amedeo Avogadro
date of birth: 1776-06-09
date of death: 1856-07-09
birth name: Lorenzo Romano Amede
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name in native language: Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro di Quaregna e Cerreto
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Commons Creator page: Amedeo Avogadro
member of: Academy of Sciences of Turin

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Encyclopedic overview

Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro, Count of Quaregna and Cerreto (/ˌævəˈɡɑːdroʊ/, also US: /ˌɑːv-/, Italian: [ameˈdɛːo avoˈɡaːdro]; 9 August 1776 – 9 July 1856) was an Italian scientist, most noted for his contribution to molecular theory now known as Avogadro's law, which states that equal volumes of gases under the same conditions of temperature and pressure will contain equal numbers of molecules. In tribute to him, the ratio of the number of elementary entities (atoms, molecules, ions or other particles) in a substance to its amount of substance (the latter having the unit mole), 6.02214076×10 mol, is known as the Avogadro constant. This constant is denoted NA, and is one of the seven defining constants of the SI.

Biography

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