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LORENZO ROMANO AMEDEO CARLO AVOGADRO

Was born in Turin in August 9, 1776 and he died in July 9, 1856. His father was Fillipo Avogadro Conte di Quaregna e Cerreto, a distinguished lawyer and senator in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. He became married with Felicita Mazze of Biella in 1815; together they had six children. Avogadro graduated in jurisprudence in 1792, but did not practice law until after receiving his doctorate in ecclesiastical law four years later. Beginning in 1,800 Avogadro private pursued studies in mathematics and physics and he focused his early research on electricity. In 1,804 he became a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Turin and in 1,806 he was appointed to the position …show more content…

Three years later he became professor of natural philosophy at Royal College of Vercelli. CONTRIBUTIONS :
1] Avogadros law: controlled conditions of temperature and pressure equal volumes of gases contain an equal number of molecules. -A statement that under the same conditions of temperature and pressure equal volumes of molecules. This empirical relation can be derived from the kinetic theory of gases under the assumption of a perfect gas. The law is approximately valid for real gases at sufficient low pressure and high

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