AMEDEO AVOGADRO

AVOGADRO'S BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Avogadro was born on august 9th 1776 in Turin Italy
• His father, Count Filippo Avogadro, was a lawer
• When he was 20 he got his doctorate in law and became a lawer
• His full name is Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro di Quaregna e di Cerreto

START OF HIS CAREER AS A SCIENTIST

• In 1809 he left the law field to teach physics and mathmatics at liceo highschool
• In 1811 he theorized that equal volumes of gases at the same
• temp and pressure contain equal number of molecules
• He also cleverly reasoned that simple gases were not formed of solitary atoms
• But were instead compound molecules of two or more atoms.

SCIENCE CAREER CONT.

• He was appointed as the professor of mathamatical physics
• At the university of turin in 1820.
• In 1822 political turmoil suppressed the chair and he lost his job
• The post was reestablished in 1832
• In 1834 avogadro returned to his position untill his retirement in 1850

HIS FINDING

• His findings were neglected until they were presented by stanislo cannizarro
• ( an italian chemist), at the karlsruhe conference in 1860
• Avogadros number for how many molecules in a mole actually wasnt discovered by himself
• It was given his name for his major contribution to the development of molecular theory.

HIS DEATH AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD

• Avogadro died on july 9th 1856
• His contributions didnt effect me but effected the science world majorly
• IF Avogadro never found these things out then many things in science wouldnt be known