Amedeo Avogadro
Amedeo Avogadro is best known for formulating Avogadro's law, which states that equal volumes of gases contain equal numbers of molecules.
Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro
Physicist
August 9, 1776
Leo
July 09, 1856
79
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Amedeo Avogadro, born on August 9, 1776, in Turin, Italy, was an Italian physicist and chemist renowned for his significant contributions to molecular theory. He is best known for formulating Avogadro’s law, which asserts that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain the same number of molecules. Additionally, Avogadro introduced the concepts of atomic and molecular weights and proposed the Avogadro constant, a fundamental value used to calculate the results of chemical reactions. Although his groundbreaking work was initially overlooked by his contemporaries, Avogadro’s theories gained widespread recognition after his death. The Avogadro constant, named in his honor, is precisely 6.022 140 76 Ã 10^23 molâ1.
