Why is 23 October celebrated as Mole Day
Friends, today I tell you about a interesting day name " Mole Day ". Interesting, because the timing and date represents a entire scientific number. OK, let's start. Mole day is celebrated on October 23, between 6:02AM and 6:02PM. It is a day, generally celebrated among scientific community especially, Chemist, Chemistry students and chemistry enthusiasts. Friends, first I tell you what is mole? and then I describe why this date is chosen for Mole day . What is Mole ? In Science, mole is a unit of substance like Dozen ( a set of twelve). e.g. I can say, "A dozen pens." , "One mole pens." A dozen = 12 pieces 1 mole = 6.02214076 ✕ 10 23 pieces The number 6.02214076 ✕ 10 23 is known as Avogadro's number . In fact, we don't say one mole pens because one mole pen is huge number ( but we can say one mole pens). The unit "mole" is used in Chemistry. Generally, in Chemistry , we frequently use the terms: "1 mole H (Hydro...