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
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human → physicist → scientist → |
| birthName |
Amedeo Avogadro
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surface form: "Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro"
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| centuryOfActivity | 19th century → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Italy
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Kingdom of Sardinia → |
| dateOfBirth | 1776-08-09 → |
| dateOfDeath | 1856-07-09 → |
| educatedAt | University of Turin → |
| era | 19th-century science → |
| familyName |
Amedeo Avogadro
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surface form: "Avogadro"
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| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
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molecular theory → physics → |
| givenName | Amedeo → |
| hasConceptNamedAfter |
Avogadro constant
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Avogadro constant →
surface form: "Avogadro's number"
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| hasHonorificTitle | Count → |
| hasLawNamedAfter | Avogadro's law → |
| hasNameInLanguage |
Amedeo Avogadro
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surface form: "Amedeo Avogadro (English)"
Amedeo Avogadro →
surface form: "Amedeo Avogadro (Italian)"
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| influenced |
development of atomic theory
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development of molecular theory → kinetic theory of gases → stoichiometry in chemistry → |
| knownFor |
Avogadro constant (conceptual foundation)
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Avogadro constant →
surface form: "Avogadro's law"
concept of the mole in chemistry (foundation) → |
| livedIn | Turin → |
| memberOf |
University of Turin
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surface form: "University of Turin faculty"
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| nationality | Italian → |
| nativeLanguage | Italian → |
| notableIdea | equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules → |
| occupation |
chemist
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lawyer → physicist → professor → |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of Sardinia
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Turin → |
| placeOfDeath | Turin → |
| positionHeld | professor of mathematical physics at the University of Turin → |
| religion | Roman Catholicism → |
| studied |
law
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mathematics → physics → |
| workLocation | Turin → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro"
this entity surface form: "Avogadro"
this entity surface form: "Amedeo Avogadro (English)"
this entity surface form: "Amedeo Avogadro (Italian)"