Who was Amedeo Avogadro?
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Amedeo Carlo Avogadro, Count of Quaregna and Cerreto, was an Italian scientist, most noted for his contribution to molecular theory now known as Avogadro's law, which states that equal volumes of gases under the same conditions of temperature and pressure will contain equal numbers of molecules.
Born: 9 August 1776, Turin, Italy
Died: 9 July 1856, Turin, Italy
Full name: Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro
Education: University of Turin (1796)
Known for: Avogadro's law, Avogadro constant
He is known for the Avagadro's hypothesis. In honour of his contributions, the number of fundamental particles in a mole of substance was named as Avogadro number. Though Avogadro didn't predict the number of particles in equal volumes of gas, his hypothesis did lead to the eventual determination of the number as 6.022 × 10²³ Rudolf Clausius with his Kinetic theory of gases, provided evidence for Avogadro's law.