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Avogadro
[ ah-vuh-gah-droh; Italian ah-vaw-gah-draw ]
noun
- Count A·ma·de·o [ah-mah-, de, -aw], 1776–1856, Italian physicist and chemist.
Avogadro
/ ˌævəˈɡɑːdrəʊ; avoˈɡaːdro /
noun
- AvogadroAmedeo17761856MItalianSCIENCE: physicist Amedeo (ameˈdɛːo), Conte di Quaregna. 1776–1856, Italian physicist, noted for his work on gases
Avogadro
/ ä′və-gä′drō /
- Italian chemist and physicist who formulated the hypothesis known as Avogadro's law in 1811.
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Of the laws and hypotheses concerning gases, the one that is perhaps of most importance to chemistry is Avogadro's hypothesis.
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In 1843 Charles Gerhardt proposed to use the law of Avogadro as a basis for the determination of atomic weights.
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It is to the molecule, considered as the unit of physical structure, that Avogadro's law applies.
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According to Avogadro the water vapor contains twice as many atoms of hydrogen as of oxygen.
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This is a scientific victory which dwarfs the work of Helmholtz, Avogadro, or Mendelejeff.
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