Thread: How was 6.02x10^23 determined for the number of fu/mole?
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Old March 5th, 2006, 17:56
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It's called Avogadro's number.

This http://gemini.tntech.edu/~tfurtsch/scihist/avogadro.htm seems to answer atleast some of the questions you're asking. Wikipedia also seems to have a page about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avogadro%27s_number