Avogadro's Number (Mole) - Numberphile

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  • @fizzywizzkerplop
    @fizzywizzkerplop 8 ปีที่แล้ว +854

    Is no one going to comment on his amaaaaaazing periodic table tie? Guess it's up to me then.

    • @lkjhfdszxcvbnm
      @lkjhfdszxcvbnm 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I was but I saw your comment

    • @nilaykulkarni3088
      @nilaykulkarni3088 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      same here 😂😉

    • @prakulsharma1083
      @prakulsharma1083 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      WearingMajorasMask
      Watch some videos of PERIODIC VIDEOS and you’ll get to know how many different ties he have

    • @anybodynoname8767
      @anybodynoname8767 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was gonna comment that...

    • @kandithepuppy
      @kandithepuppy 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ig it ties it all together

  • @sjaatime
    @sjaatime 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2955

    this guy looks like science

  • @Ratstail91
    @Ratstail91 9 ปีที่แล้ว +913

    Avocado's Number: 6.02*10^23 guacas = 1 guacamole.

  • @smartereveryday
    @smartereveryday 12 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    I put it on my calendar.

    • @ChristakyMe
      @ChristakyMe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hello

    • @absolutetruth4684
      @absolutetruth4684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Justin, Really loved your reverse bicycle video

    • @bungalo50
      @bungalo50 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I swear Destin turns up everywhere in the YT comment section

    • @TheGameChallenger
      @TheGameChallenger 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lol hi

  • @deduzz
    @deduzz 10 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    im sure his hair is very unstable and it emits all alpha beta(e/p) gamma rays with a half life of 2 days.

    • @deduzz
      @deduzz 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      *****
      yeah sort of, just fire a single neutron at him and he will blow up the entire countryside.

    • @deduzz
      @deduzz 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *****
      or we could just throw him in it :D

    • @deduzz
      @deduzz 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ***** im sheldon cooper vote me for president.

  • @2905sid
    @2905sid 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    It's his birthday tomorrow!!! It would be a crime not to wish him and thank him for his contribution to popularizing chemistry. Thank you Professor!

  • @numberphile
    @numberphile  12 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Finding it strange to see these commented on - they're such a staple of films on periodicvideos that I forget new people are not used to them! :)

  • @jiminylummox9352
    @jiminylummox9352 8 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    I remember reading in my high school chemistry textbook that if you had Avogadro's number of marshmallows, you'd be able to cover the entire landmass of Australia 700kms deep in marshmallows.

    • @DaVince21
      @DaVince21 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sounds like a dream come true!

    • @mcgi4ms6
      @mcgi4ms6 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      surely it's not that big?

    • @Kriegerdammerung
      @Kriegerdammerung 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agent S It is :)

    • @PTNLemay
      @PTNLemay 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The top layer would reach deep into space, freezing them. And thus we'd be able to get tasty frozen snacks.

    • @iCarilloninChrist
      @iCarilloninChrist 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      PTNLemay
      Marshmallowsicles!!!

  • @LightSpeedDriver
    @LightSpeedDriver 11 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Sweet tie

  • @GiraffesEatStuff
    @GiraffesEatStuff 10 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I would love to have professors like him. The tie alone says alot, :)

  • @toshiboyig
    @toshiboyig 10 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Love the periodic 'tie-ble"

    • @fergusmaclachlan1404
      @fergusmaclachlan1404 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You're profile picture makes your comment seem somewhat sarcastic.

  • @Martin-pb7ts
    @Martin-pb7ts 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Love these videos. I'm a computer programmer but I have become hooked on sixty symbols, the periodic table of videos and the numberphile channels. Thank you to everyone that is involved in this program, it is fantastic.

  • @leedaniel2002
    @leedaniel2002 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This man has such a nice voice. I could listen to him explain things to me all day.

  • @ChaplainDaveSparks
    @ChaplainDaveSparks 8 ปีที่แล้ว +848

    Imagine if Avogadro were living in the days of the telephone and you wanted to call him... "Excuse me, do you happen to have Avogadro's number?"

    • @rjl7655
      @rjl7655 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      will u b here all week?

    • @nilaykulkarni3088
      @nilaykulkarni3088 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂😂😂

    • @SomeRandomFellow
      @SomeRandomFellow 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Chaplain Dave Sparks his number would be 602-1023

    • @Krishna-zh3pw
      @Krishna-zh3pw 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      hahahaha.....

    • @saopy
      @saopy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      why'd you put that????!?!?!!1!/!?!?!?!?1!?!?!!?!!11!1?1!?!!!?!1!!?!!1?1!one?!

  • @Xthis1s4youX
    @Xthis1s4youX 9 ปีที่แล้ว +251

    You don't need to tell us you're a chemist. You already look like science itself o.o

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This is a maths channel. In maths you always define your terms first :)

  • @5hak3itup
    @5hak3itup 10 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    This guy's hair just screams "CHEMIST"

  • @2905sid
    @2905sid 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Moliakoff made me crack up like nothing before! Great job Melinda!

  • @mr.nihilist1069
    @mr.nihilist1069 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is the crossover episode i was hoping for and up to this day didn't know existed already

  • @Harclerodeable
    @Harclerodeable 9 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    All my teachers and professors and textbooks overcomplicated this, but it is really quite simple. It can be explained in one sentence: Avogadro's number is the number of atomic mass units equal to one gram.
    So since titanium has an atomic mass of 47.867, that means 6.02x10^23 atoms of titanium weigh 47.867 grams.

    • @SuperAwesomeReasons
      @SuperAwesomeReasons 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love you for this

    • @roryschmidt5776
      @roryschmidt5776 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Harclerodeable you deserve a metal.
      preferably Cobalt.

    • @zakite205
      @zakite205 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Harclerodeable you have a bad teacher

    • @PR0X3R
      @PR0X3R 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That makes no sense to me for some reason. When you say avagadros number is equal to the number of AMU's that equal one gram, im assuming 1 gram of titanium is equal to 47 AMU's of titanium which has nothing to do with avagondros number. Could you elaborate on this explanation you gave?

    • @AykutTheRipper641
      @AykutTheRipper641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@PR0X3R Yeah it was worded a bit weirdly. When you look into a specific periodic table you will find the atomic mass units AMU. Hydrogen has 1 u. Relative to that Oxygen is 16 times heavier so it has 16 u. And one mol of any element, which are 6.022 x 10^23 atoms, weigh the same number of its AMU in grams. Oxygen has 16u => One mol of Oxygen has a mass of 16 grams.
      Imagine how 1000 meters make a kilometer.
      6.022 x 10^23 makes one mol.

  • @DynamiA3
    @DynamiA3 10 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I know I should be commenting on the subject of the video, but, damn, I gotta say your tie is awesome, sir.

    • @lancemcque1459
      @lancemcque1459 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sai Impossible! This tie is THE tie!

  • @jake_runs_the_world
    @jake_runs_the_world 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    His tie --- PERODIC TABLE!!

  • @browncoat697
    @browncoat697 11 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    *opens video*
    "I'm a chemist."
    Me: Yes. Yes, you are.

  • @numberphile
    @numberphile  12 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Our next video will be about division by zero.
    I was about to upload it today, then realised it was Mole Day.

  • @samarvora7185
    @samarvora7185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's a glorious tie.

  • @DarthChrisB
    @DarthChrisB 10 ปีที่แล้ว +464

    "Chemistry has bigger explosions than maths". - You haven't seen us dividing through zero!

    • @Shlungoidwungus
      @Shlungoidwungus 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      DarthChrisB You're right, because that doesn't work.

    • @PwnDealer
      @PwnDealer 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Racoon in the closet Actually, it does, in some sense. Depending on how you approach the problem, zero divided by zero can be anything you want it to be.

    • @PwnDealer
      @PwnDealer 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Racoon in the closet Ya, that's true. But it's much more fun to say that 0/0 is anything you want it to be :D

    • @JaySay
      @JaySay 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks, you just exploded my phone... I appreciate it.

    • @Robostate
      @Robostate 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I once got a calculator to divide by zero. I wanted to show everyone how amazing it was that it actually worked. But I got greedy and thought maybe this calculator could find the square root of -1 as well. It broke. I was never able to show anyone my division by zero.

  • @old-bitprogaming4857
    @old-bitprogaming4857 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    On 16th of December I'm going to gift the professor a like once and for all

  • @numberphile
    @numberphile  12 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You should be watching periodicvideos every week!

    • @jamesolatunji5
      @jamesolatunji5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We should watch them periodically

  • @numberphile
    @numberphile  12 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Interesting!

  • @Taziod
    @Taziod 12 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Honestly, the camera man asks the best questions. Its almost like he knows exactly what I am thinking

  • @ShadowJuanathan
    @ShadowJuanathan 10 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    Avogadro's discovery of the mole is nice, but I much prefer Avocado's discovery of (guaca)mole

    • @mchaelmachine80904k
      @mchaelmachine80904k 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Funny joke, but he didn't discover it, he defined it. Or you could say he conceptualized it. He didn't discover a number.

    • @feellliix
      @feellliix 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Michael Thomas He invented it

    • @suwinkhamchaiwong8382
      @suwinkhamchaiwong8382 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bad pun.

  • @s_chelichery
    @s_chelichery 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I loved his periodic table tie :D

    • @wurttmapper2200
      @wurttmapper2200 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sabarinath Chelichery Is a periodic tie ble

  • @AllenKey19
    @AllenKey19 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    - "I'm a chemist"
    There was never a doubt in my mind

  • @numberphile
    @numberphile  12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Good on you for subbing both! ;)

  • @teddybetts3254
    @teddybetts3254 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    8:18 NATIONAL MOL DAY! October 23rd. My chemistry teacher in high school used to talk about this every year.

  • @perturbo4253
    @perturbo4253 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love that tie man. Love that tie.

  • @dakotathacker3821
    @dakotathacker3821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i cant believe its been 8 years since i first watched this video

  • @ericsbuds
    @ericsbuds 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the professor is the epitome of 'no nonsense' and I love it

  • @Zagill
    @Zagill 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Having taken chemistry last year in high school, I can confirm that there were many puns made about Avocados and guacamole during the units on Avagadro's number and moles.

  • @dhya60
    @dhya60 8 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    did anyone see the double monitor show ?

  • @PallasTurrets
    @PallasTurrets 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The most ambitious crossover in history

  • @giladzxc17
    @giladzxc17 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    im in love with the tie

  • @BloodyHand29
    @BloodyHand29 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    His screensaver is so mesmerizing. It looks like the text exits one screen and enters the other!

  • @TheSamRSS
    @TheSamRSS 9 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    #hairgoals

  • @Vulcapyro
    @Vulcapyro 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Going to note that it's generally agreed upon that definition of SI units by actual objects rather than fundamental constants and properties is outdated, so it's currently being considered that the kilogram is to be "redefined" in terms of the Planck constant. Such a change would be incredibly interesting, I think.

    • @carultch
      @carultch 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would've preferred that the method of defining the kilogram based on the ideal sphere of Silicon 28 atoms, were the standard instead. I could've understood that definition in middle school, when I was first introduced to the periodic table.
      The definition we have based on Planck's constant, takes a college degree to understand.

    • @Vulcapyro
      @Vulcapyro 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@carultch Wow. This comment is so old that half a decade of deliberation by the CIPM went by and the definition was accepted, adopted, and has been canonical for several years. This comment is so old that I finished my Bachelor’s and Master’s and have taught university courses. This comment is so old that kids who were just learning to manipulate units in grade school are now in university.
      Really though, the precise and rigorous definition of a kilogram is not something that’s important for understanding physics at all. It isn’t like that’s the way we’re to teach people, so it’s pretty irrelevant. Especially in the sciences disseminating knowledge about a thing happens incrementally with increasing accuracy or precision or abstractness.
      When learning about motion you learn Newtonian mechanics, and when learning about atoms you learn Bohr-Rutherford, because they’re still the best models at a certain level of knowledge. Using a reference kilogram is crucial history and in terms of accuracy is still essentially totally correct, so it’s kind of a no-brainer that it can and should still be taught this way.

  • @TychoHD
    @TychoHD 8 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Avagadro... What a looker

  • @EmanuelKatwik
    @EmanuelKatwik 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is an EPIC video, i've never understood what anyone has ever told me about avogadro's constant, THANKS NUMBERPHILE!!

  • @kuskus_th13
    @kuskus_th13 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    And I am writing this on December the 17th... happy birthday Professor

    • @danochy5522
      @danochy5522 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Dylan Jones nothing gets past you, does it?

    • @2neutrino
      @2neutrino 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      KusKusPL No, he said his birthday was December 16th

  • @mikebaginy8731
    @mikebaginy8731 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A very enjoyable video!
    I learned of Avogadro's number in 1968 and it's been in my mind ever since: 6.02241 x 10^23. Pleasant memories.

  • @aidanjameson2521
    @aidanjameson2521 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This professor is the reason I like chemistry so much

    • @nilaykulkarni3088
      @nilaykulkarni3088 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      my chemistry teacher makes me sleepy. boring af

    • @moiquiregardevideo
      @moiquiregardevideo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was thinking the opposite. This professor is taking the result of hard work upside down. The only useful purpose he finds is to measure mass more precisely.
      The reality is much more fascinating. The avogadro number represent the exact number of atom.
      How small the wires can be in a micro-processor? There is an actual limit that is impossible to exceed.
      How sensitive a detector can ever be, if we reach the point where a single atom or molecule is used? It is important to know the mass and size of this absolute limit. It help to know how close we approach to the limit of physics.
      Many people dream of the marvelous invention that alien living on a planet from a different star, galaxy. Did they find a way to counteract gravity, did they create vehicle flying faster than light? Avogadro is such an amazing value, it tell us that nobody, not even these hypothetical aliens, will ever make anything smaller than the invention "x", when we know how many atom/molecule are required to perform a task "y".
      Sometime, we wander how some scientists using computers less powerful than a smart phone could land a vehicle on the moon. However, the equation to compute all the data, such as the thrust (power) needed to lift thousands of tons to orbit, were developed before any computer existed, when the trig and log functions were printed in long list.
      A number such as Avogadro give human of the present age the confidence to predict what is possible and what is not, century before any civilization ever reach the technical ability to make anything that approach such limit of physics.
      Avogadro is a real value, based of actual physics. It is not some arbitrary constant that somebody invented just to create a difficult question in an exam.
      I like the comment of the professor about the enthusiasm of students. And he didn't say anything false.

    • @Qladstone
      @Qladstone 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The gram is an arbitrary unit of mass. Avogadro's number defines the (scalar) relationship between molecular mass and this arbitrary unit of mass called the gram. Hence the number is inherently arbitrary.

    • @bernardofitzpatrick5403
      @bernardofitzpatrick5403 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      wow! interesting ... pity he did not talk about everything you mention. Thanks for the info. (:

  • @BludgerAus
    @BludgerAus 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Still loving your videos Brady and I've loved watching Prof. Poliakoff talk about chemistry for years.

  • @freddiepowell8524
    @freddiepowell8524 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I am so jealous of this guy's hair...

  • @Pu22leDucK
    @Pu22leDucK 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mid december huh? Happy B-day Mr. Dr. Prof! Love your work.

  • @simonlanglois3219
    @simonlanglois3219 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I like how he uses all these dog toys to represent atoms and molecules.

  • @rrjmdPA
    @rrjmdPA 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Iconic slogan: "Chemistry is more fun than you think... and has bigger explosions." This should be over the entrance to some school somewhere. This should be the sub-title of your chemistry channel. This should be on a keychain and given to all high-school science club members!

  • @benoittassin1379
    @benoittassin1379 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like how Pi seems to sit calmly in the bottom right corner, listening about Avogadro's number...

    • @parabolicpanorama
      @parabolicpanorama 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you started talking about Pi instead you could go on forever

  • @ramlaaal
    @ramlaaal ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I need that periodic table tie

  • @TheSzunyogg
    @TheSzunyogg 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you! You helped a lot! I had this for a class project. I got an A+ :D

  • @bvillas
    @bvillas 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have read various articles about the new definition of the kilogram standard but the explanation in this video is by far more understandable. Thanks.

  • @glenn2687
    @glenn2687 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    MOLTYN MOLIAKOFF AWH GUYS WHY AREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT THIS

  • @mahitusi3084
    @mahitusi3084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    His tie is made from all molecules

  • @JoelCarli
    @JoelCarli 8 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    I like to put Avogadros in my salads.
    Thank you, I'll be here all week.

    • @Fematika
      @Fematika 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +Joel Carli And still no comments after a month.

    • @melodysong1127
      @melodysong1127 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Fematika So sad...

    • @DanDart
      @DanDart 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Huh? Numbers? Scientists?

    • @megatrix500
      @megatrix500 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nah, he means his salads contains MOLES of lettuce.

    • @nicejungle
      @nicejungle 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah, he means avocados

  • @appledinger1121
    @appledinger1121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They have now changed the definition of 1 kg using avagadro's number

  • @cowsaysmoo51
    @cowsaysmoo51 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This guy looks like science.

  • @mephistocr666
    @mephistocr666 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! I remembered that my general chemistry professor once said in my class that if we had a mole of dollars (or whatever other currency you want to think about) and spent them at a rate of one million per second, we would need more than 19000 million years to spend them all. That's 5200 million more years that the estimated age of the universe!

  • @godminnette2
    @godminnette2 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This guy just looks like a scientist. I mean the hair the glasses the face, everything.

  • @coosoorlog
    @coosoorlog 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I hear that Avogadro's number used to be the opening number all the time. It was huge!

  • @deadfreightwest5956
    @deadfreightwest5956 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Professor's birthday is the mass of oxygen?! Mind = blown.

    • @xayer5
      @xayer5 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well, every day in a month resembles the mass of one atom :D

  • @Peter_1986
    @Peter_1986 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Martin Poliakoff and Cliff Stoll are the most science-looking guys I have ever seen.

  • @khangchau9665
    @khangchau9665 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    all the number i remember so far 6.0221415... x 10^23
    i just remember "6.022" and "x10^23"
    "1415..." i relate it to the same thing in pi: 3.141592...

    • @Pellaeon159
      @Pellaeon159 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Khang Chau Thats actually pretty dope :)

    • @khangchau9665
      @khangchau9665 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      there still about 15 digit more to remember :))

  • @orlanino
    @orlanino 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The tie is priceless!

  • @bertg74
    @bertg74 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    they could do all that in the 18 hundreds. MY ARSE!!!!

    • @PTNLemay
      @PTNLemay 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      that's something I've always wanted to know. Just how did they figure out this number so long ago?
      Without the help of electron microscopes or modern material science or anything.
      EDIT:
      Oh wait wait wait, no, I remember seeing the answer to this inquiry before. Avogadro didn't actually discover the number, he thought up the idea. Much later on, when that number was actually calculated, they named it after him in his honor.

    • @moh19931000
      @moh19931000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +PTNLemay thank you

    • @DrYankeeDoodle
      @DrYankeeDoodle 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AFAIR, it all begun since they determined that the (later to be called) molar volume of different gases (22.4 ltrs) are the same, like, different masses of different gases (which correspond to their molar masses) appeared to occupy the same volume. Avogadro scratched his head and said 'well, maybe that's why...' :))

  • @guledaaydemir
    @guledaaydemir 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fall in love with that tie.

  • @GtaRockt
    @GtaRockt 9 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    You spell it Avocado*

    • @Untoldanimations
      @Untoldanimations 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      can't tell if serious

    • @GtaRockt
      @GtaRockt 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ping Pong Cup Shots what do you think? Maybe it was a joke. Maybe not.

    • @captainobvious3521
      @captainobvious3521 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +Lobster with Mustard and Rice Joke inspired by Schrödinger

    • @zoeboughton578
      @zoeboughton578 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Captain Obvious Thank you, Captain Obvious.

    • @Milesco
      @Milesco 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ Captain Obvious and Zoe Boughton: If the _"Maybe it was a joke. Maybe not."_ comment was inspired by Schrödinger, then it would (or should) have been "It was a joke. And it wasn't a joke." :-)
      (Unless it was actually inspired by Heisenberg instead!)

  • @astropgn
    @astropgn 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you have 1 cube of iron with 1kg and a sphere of gold with 13 kg but live in a world where 1 kg is just a small mass to measure, you could say: Let's take a lot of stuff until their mass will be roughly 10 kg. So you take 10 cubes and spheres. 10 kg of Fe and 130 of Au, right? The same amount of "stuff". The cube is 13 times less massive than the sphere, so it'll be always 13 times lighter. It's the same for the mole. You have a big number of atoms just to make reasonable to measure it (in g)

  • @RonJuddFCA
    @RonJuddFCA 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It doesn't sound right. The number of collected grains of sand from the UK beaches calculated by his friend Johnson is the Na. (6*10 to 23). He says 197 grammes of gold (atomic mass 197) has the same number of atoms as the atoms in the huge pile of sand. I think he should say there are as many atoms in 197 grams of gold as there are grains of sand in the pile.. Also he talks about silica and not sand (silica dioxide (SiO2)) which has a molecular weight of about 28+16+16=60, That's a ratio of 197/60. That feels right to me. I'm an accountant not a chemist so maybe I don't get it.

    • @danielcaron455
      @danielcaron455 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What he meant was the number of atoms of 197 grams of gold would be equal to the number of grains of sand on all the beaches. I understand your confusion though it was worded in a strange way.

  • @pdxyarnho
    @pdxyarnho 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    YES!! this is my favorite number, Brady. I'm not kidding. My alarm clock is set to 6:02, and the first thing I do when I wake up is recite the number, to make sure my brain is awake.

  • @ibrayo5167
    @ibrayo5167 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    masha Allah thanx profe..

  • @adamajiprayoga5658
    @adamajiprayoga5658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing explanation. All answered!

  • @treyhestermann7332
    @treyhestermann7332 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Who shaved Einstein mustache?

  • @GabrielTranceSanchez
    @GabrielTranceSanchez 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sometimes, I forget what channel I'm on. They are awesome and all of my favorite TH-camrs work together to make amazing videos. (:

  • @DailyFrankPeter
    @DailyFrankPeter 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So the Avogadro's number is just the (inverse of the) mass of a proton in grams, huh? 6.02214e-23 grams?

    • @bradhintz2901
      @bradhintz2901 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      its actually unicorn x gnome, but your way is acceptible

    • @badabc213
      @badabc213 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not quite.
      It's the charge in Coulombs of a mole of electrons (a Faraday) divided by the charge in Coulombs of a single electron (e).

    • @danthaman157
      @danthaman157 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you had 6.02214e23 protons, which have an atomic mass of 1, it would weigh 1g. If you had 6.02214e23 atoms of Deuterium, with atomic mass of 2, you would have 2g. Having one mol of a substance is equal to saying you have this many atoms of it.

    • @Harclerodeable
      @Harclerodeable 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** But there's no point in defining Avogadro's number as some factor of Avogadro's number. +DailyFrankPeter is right - I wish all my teachers had explained it this way. Avogadro's number is the number of atomic mass units in a gram.

    • @garysuter3812
      @garysuter3812 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      No an atom contains Protons and Neutrons along with binding energy so an atom consisting of just n protons (impossible) would be lighter than n atoms containing protons and neutrons.

  • @ritroblazer
    @ritroblazer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Professor's tie is a periodic table.

  • @nagyandras8857
    @nagyandras8857 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    +1 for the geek necktie.

  • @maninthehills7134
    @maninthehills7134 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Avogadro's Number is a conversion factor for atomic properties, in the same way that Pi is a conversion factor for circles, or how (5/9f-32=c) is used for everyday temperature. Avogadro's number is used for equations when it comes to predicting chemical reactions.

  • @Hayernator
    @Hayernator 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    his 'flask' looks like a bong

  • @vierspartan117
    @vierspartan117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Science: Who are you?
    Prof. Poliakoff: You

  • @gabor_kov
    @gabor_kov 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    0:45 clearly he was an alien

  • @sangitadevi9345
    @sangitadevi9345 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am gonna love chemistry from now

  • @kaardhikanair209
    @kaardhikanair209 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    NICE TIE

  • @lollodj
    @lollodj 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's cool, I live in the italian town where Avogadro worked and found the famous number. He was a strange man, a bit weird... actually the local highschool, the university, a street and a plaza are named after him, but, sadly, most people don't know why.
    There's also a statue of Avogadro, close to the train, station in a beautiful park... i should make a video reponse :)

  • @pedrodemello3666
    @pedrodemello3666 9 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Chemistry explosions > Maths explosions

  • @PeterCuriUC
    @PeterCuriUC 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    never seen such an awesome tie..

  • @BrandonDyckMusic
    @BrandonDyckMusic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    "I'm a chemist"
    Audience: Noooooooo, really?

    • @sukumvit
      @sukumvit 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why is it so?

    • @DanDart
      @DanDart 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hey, people might not realise? xD I guess? xD

  • @wtrmute
    @wtrmute 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Strictly, the Ampere *is* the fundamental unit, defined as "the constant current that will produce an attractive force of 2 × 10-7 newton per metre of length between two straight, parallel conductors of infinite length and negligible circular cross section placed one metre apart in a vacuum". The Coulomb is thus the derived unit, defined as the number of electrons to pass through a given point of a wire carrying one Ampere of current in one second.

  • @alwinpriven2400
    @alwinpriven2400 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    wait, Carbon has 6 protons, 6 neutrons and 6 electrons, 666, that's a very weird coincidence.

    • @pedropuglia2650
      @pedropuglia2650 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Alwin Priven that's why carbonic gas is toxic

    • @n0lain
      @n0lain 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Alwin Priven And flesh is made primarily of carbon

    • @alwinpriven2400
      @alwinpriven2400 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +spaghetti out of organic molecules, witch are carbon-hydrogen bonds.

    • @JaySay
      @JaySay 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's nature. It happens

    • @TheDetonadoBR
      @TheDetonadoBR 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Pedro Puglia Carbonic gas? Are you nuts? Dissolved carbon dioxide is not stable enough to be a gas after decomposing again in carbon dioxide, that is why soda is fuzzy.

  • @MealyOrdb045
    @MealyOrdb045 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    The definiton of a Mole is 0.012 kg of carbon 12 (one of it isotopes).The actual mass of carbon is the weighted sum of it isotope :12.0107 ± 0.0008 uma(atomic mass units)

  • @anallebanaj5759
    @anallebanaj5759 9 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Chemisty would be so much more fun if i didnt have goofs in my class :(

    • @amblyo2706
      @amblyo2706 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Jan Abellana I feel your pain...

    • @khangchau9665
      @khangchau9665 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Jan Abellana who care about classes? just be you and have fun (but safe and be careful), playing, exploring with stuff in the backyard can learn a lot more than school, just yolo bro

    • @khangchau9665
      @khangchau9665 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      MeagleEmpire thanks, i'm trying to

    • @corythecreeperplaysmc8464
      @corythecreeperplaysmc8464 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Jan Abellana
      It would be so much fun if I learn about atoms (I'm at grade 7).

    • @Awsomedrifter
      @Awsomedrifter 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Cory The Creeper Plays MC No, it is not more fun when you learn about atoms. (I am a university graduate). It gets more and more confusing and makes less and less sense. Be happy for the intuitive subjects you are expected to study when you are young.

  • @kartikg.kartikg
    @kartikg.kartikg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So, it started by considering few gram of an element to find the Avagadro's number and then we use it to calculate the exact value of 1 kilogram. Wow

  • @turicaederynmab5343
    @turicaederynmab5343 10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Avogadro looks a tad like a hobbit who doesn't shower, also, where did he get his tie from? It'd be funny to where that in Chemistry.

  • @nm-zx1wf
    @nm-zx1wf 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Bruh he may not be the next albert einstein but his hair is