Happy Mole Day!

Not a full post, I just didn't want Mole Day to pass and not give it some notice. 10-23 is a nice day this year, positioned right in the National Week of Chemistry and SeeArrOh's ChemCoach blog carnival. While we admire our favorite number on this special day, let's not forget about Amadeo Avogadro. His exploration into Avogadro's law got us well on the way to the ideal gas law, the first law that you really got the hang of in chemistry classes, and then learned was all screwed up and needed a lot more work to really use. This one's for you, Amedeo: