What is Amedeo Avogadro?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Amedeo Avogadro |image = Avogadro Amedeo.jpg |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1776|8|9|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Turin]], [[Italy]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|1856|7|9|1776|8|9|df=y}} |death_place = [[Turin]], [[Italy]] |nationality = [[Italian people|Italian]] |residence = |fields = [[Physics]] |workplaces = [[University of Turin]] |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = [[Avogadro's law]]<br>[[Avogadro constant]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |awards = }} '''Amedeo Avogadro''' (9 August 1776, [[Turin]], [[Piedmont]] – 9 July 1856) was an [[Italy|Italian]] scientist. He is most famous for his contributions to [[molecular theory]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://eic.rsc.org/feature/amadeo-avogadro-1776-1856/2020088.article|title=Amadeo Avogadro 1776-1856|newspaper=Education in Chemistry|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en}}</ref> The number of elementary entities ([[atom]]s, [[molecule]]s, [[ion]]s or other particles) in 1 [[mole (unit)|mole]] of a substance, {{val|6.02214179|(30)|e=23}}, is known as the [[Avogadro constant]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moleday.org/index.php/what-is-mole-day/amadeo-avogadro.html|title=Amadeo Avogadro|website=www.moleday.org|language=en-us|access-date=2018-01-24|archive-date=2018-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119034950/http://www.moleday.org/index.php/what-is-mole-day/amadeo-avogadro.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[File:Avogadro - Mémoire sur les chaleurs spécifiques des corps solides et liquides, 1833 - 6060053 TOAS005003 00003.tif|thumb|''Mémoire sur les chaleurs spécifiques''|left]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Avogadro, Amedeo}} [[Category:Italian scientists]] [[Category:1776 births]] [[Category:1856 deaths]] [[Category:People from Turin]] [[Catego