National Mole Day is celebrated annually by chemists and chemistry students on October 23. You may be thinking that this day is in honor of the little burrowing creature, however, it is not.
This celebration takes place between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM, making the date 6:02 10/23 in the American style of writing dates. The time and date are derived from Avogadro’s number, which is approximately 6.02×10^23, defining the number of particles (atoms or molecules) in one mole of substance, one of the seven base SI units.
Mole is a unit of measurement used in chemistry to express amounts of a chemical substance.
Avogadro’s number, is a historical term closely related to the Avogadro constant.
The Avogadro constant is named after the early 19th century Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro.
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