FLASHCARDS! Avocados + Avogadro's Number = A Delicious Molement
Description
On this Flashcards Friday episode, Gabrielle serves up a tasty blend of chemistry, humor, and history. Coinciding with National Avocado Day, this episode dives into the life and legacy of Amedeo Avogadro, the 19th-century chemist behind the foundational theorem of gas volumes, and how his name unexpectedly became linked with everyone's favorite green fruit. From moles to molecules to memes, Gabrielle brings the science home, one chip at a time.
š± 3 Things You'll Learn in This Episode:
1. Who Amedeo Avogadro was and what his theorem states about gas volumes.
2. How the mole (6.022 à 10²³) became a central concept in chemistry.
3. Why Avogadroās legacy lives on in both labs and lunchrooms (thanks to Avocado Day puns!).
š Resources Mentioned:
National Avocado Day Info ā National Today
Avogadroās Law ā LibreTexts
History of the Mole Concept ā American Chemical Society
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