[R-390] The mole

[Richard Loken]

On Fri, 9 Nov 2007, Roy Morgan wrote:

> "... the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the CIPM
> gave in 1967, and confirmed in 1969, a definition of the mole, eventually
> adopted by the 14th CGPM (1971):
> 1. The mole is the amount of substance of a system which contains as many
> elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kilogram of carbon 12; its
> symbol is "mol."

And here I thought it was the number of cells is one standard sized flower
nosed mole.  That would a metric mole. I am sure there is standard sized
solid silver flower nosed mole in a vault some where in Paris which
scientists can use to check the size of the mole they captured on the
lawns of the Sorbonne.

You mean I was wrong?

And what's this 1980 stuff?  My chemistry teacher was using the word
"mole" long before 1980.

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