Measurable | Name | Abbreviation |
mass | kilogram | kg |
distance | meter | m |
time | second | s |
temperature | kelvin | K |
electrical current | ampere | A |
luminous intensity | candela | cd |
In 1939 Linus Pauling published one of the most important textbooks in the field of chemistry, "The Nature of the Chemical Bond". The work represented in the textbook led to Pauling's reception of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954. While I have no delusions that this blog will, at some future date, win me the Nobel Prize, I do hope to share interesting ideas, cool chemistry, and my molecular musings in The Nature of the Chemical Blog.
23.10.11
Happy Mole Day
An unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists in North America on October 23, between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM, making the date 6:02 10/23. The time and date are derived from the Avogadro constant, which is approximately 6.02×1023, defining the number of particles (atoms or molecules) in a mole. The mole is one of the seven base SI units the other six are:
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I am so impressed that you were up at 6:02 AM to post this!
Let us all sing a Mole Day song.
Happy Mole Day to you.
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