Re: Avogadro Number

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From: Stephen M. Lacy
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 00:29

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Excerpts from netnews.alt.folklore.science: 11-Dec-92 Avogadro Number by
Guntur N Balaji@andrew.c 
> Just wondering how Avogadro got to his number.  6.023E23 atoms....

One more curious question, what EXACTLY is Avogadro's number?  It only
has 24 digits, right?  (since we can't have < 1 atom)  I've never seen
it anywhere, although I don't have access to Physics or Chemistry CRC's.
 (make any Comp.Sci jokes you want :) )

Steve


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