Today In Fact, 23 October

Mole Day is celebrated by chemists between 6.02 AM and 6.02 PM on this day because Avogadro’s number is 6.02×10to the power 23, the number of particles in one mole of substance.

Maurice Oehler, a retired chemistry teacher started to promote Mole day in 1991 to get students interested in chemistry.

– Posted by Douglas Racionzer (serendipiday.blogspot.com)

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