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Avogadroschen

Avogadroschen is an informal unit of amount of substance used in some educational and popular-science contexts to illustrate the scale of Avogadro's number. It is defined as one Avogadro's number of discrete entities, 6.02214076×10^23, making one Avogadroschen effectively equivalent to a mole of any substance. The name blends the surname of Amedeo Avogadro with the German suffix schen, a playful nod to old coinage such as Groschen.

In use, 1 Avogadroschen of a material contains 6.022×10^23 particles of that material. Its mass depends on

Origin and reception: The term has appeared in classroom demonstrations, science blogs, and memes as a playful

See also: Avogadro's number; Mole (unit).

the
substance's
molar
mass,
since
one
mole
of
a
substance
has
a
mass
equal
to
its
molar
mass
in
grams.
For
example,
1
Avogadroschen
of
water
has
a
mass
of
about
18
grams,
and
1
Avogadroschen
of
carbon-12
would
have
a
mass
of
12
grams,
per
mole.
bridge
between
microscopic
and
macroscopic
scales.
It
is
not
part
of
the
International
System
of
Units
and
is
not
used
in
formal
chemical
practice.
Some
educators
discourage
reliance
on
nonstandard
units,
while
others
use
it
cautiously
to
aid
intuition,
provided
the
definition
is
stated
every
time.