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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Can someone help a pleb like me know the guy and the number reference? Edit: thanks guys!, I’ll study him :-)

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's Avogadro's constant. The number of carbon atoms in 12 grams of carbon.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro_constant

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wait. They redefined it in 2019 but I thought that "new" way was what I did in school 🤔

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

They changed the definition, the value is the same (within the error of the best available measurement of the time).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Isn't it the number of atoms of ANY element for it's element in number of grams?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Look up Avogadro

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

You kids these days with your Avogadro toast...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Holy Mole-y

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Look up en passant

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

And that's how you capture a thread.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Three Twentysix explains it brilliantly