Amedeo Avogadro

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Amedeo Avogadro was a 19th-century Italian scientist best known for formulating Avogadro's law, which laid the foundation for the concept of the mole and the Avogadro constant in chemistry.


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instanceOf chemist
human
physicist
scientist
birthName Amedeo Avogadro
surface form: "Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro"
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship Italy
Kingdom of Sardinia
dateOfBirth 1776-08-09
dateOfDeath 1856-07-09
educatedAt University of Turin
era 19th-century science
familyName Amedeo Avogadro
surface form: "Avogadro"
fieldOfWork chemistry
molecular theory
physics
givenName Amedeo
hasConceptNamedAfter Avogadro constant
Avogadro constant
surface form: "Avogadro's number"
hasHonorificTitle Count
hasLawNamedAfter Avogadro's law
hasNameInLanguage Amedeo Avogadro
surface form: "Amedeo Avogadro (English)"

Amedeo Avogadro
surface form: "Amedeo Avogadro (Italian)"
influenced development of atomic theory
development of molecular theory
kinetic theory of gases
stoichiometry in chemistry
knownFor Avogadro constant (conceptual foundation)
Avogadro constant
surface form: "Avogadro's law"

concept of the mole in chemistry (foundation)
livedIn Turin
memberOf University of Turin
surface form: "University of Turin faculty"
nationality Italian
nativeLanguage Italian
notableIdea equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules
occupation chemist
lawyer
physicist
professor
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Sardinia
Turin
placeOfDeath Turin
positionHeld professor of mathematical physics at the University of Turin
religion Roman Catholicism
studied law
mathematics
physics
workLocation Turin

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Amedeo Avogadro birthName Amedeo Avogadro
this entity surface form: "Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro"
Amedeo Avogadro familyName Amedeo Avogadro
this entity surface form: "Avogadro"
Amedeo Avogadro hasNameInLanguage Amedeo Avogadro
this entity surface form: "Amedeo Avogadro (English)"
Amedeo Avogadro hasNameInLanguage Amedeo Avogadro
this entity surface form: "Amedeo Avogadro (Italian)"
Avogadro constant isNamedAfter Amedeo Avogadro

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