Amedeo Avogadro

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Amedeo Avogadro

Amedeo Avogadro Italian physicist who originated the

hypothesis that the equal volumes of all gasses, under the

same pressure and temperature conditions, contain the

same number of molecules. Avogadro made this hypothesis

in 1811. It has since been fully proven and is now known as

Avogadro’s law.

Avogadro was born in Turin, Italy, an August 9th,

1776, to an artistic family. Avogadro practiced law and

then studied physics and mathematics. He was appointed

professor of physics at Vercelli in 1809. In 1811 he set

forth his famous hypothesis, now known as Avogadro’s law.

The law stated that equal volumes of all gasses at the same

temperature and pressure contain the same number of

molecules. Avogadro’s law helped overcome flaws in John

Dalton’s atomic theory. Avogadro also distinguished

between an atom and a molecule, and made it possible to

determine a correct table of atomic weights. The correction

and standardization of at...

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