[New-Poetry] My calendar says it's Mole Day...

[Roger Day]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_%28measurement%29
"The mole (symbol: mol) is the SI base unit that measures an amount of
substance. One mole contains Avogadro's number (approximately
6.022×1023) entities. A mole is much like a dozen in that both units
can describe any set of elementary objects, although the mole's use is
usually limited to measurement of subatomic, atomic, and molecular
structures, as a mole represents an exceedingly large number of
entities."

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_Day

"Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists in North
America on October 23, between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM, making the date
6:02 10/23 in the American style of writing dates. The time and date
are derived from Avogadro's number, which is approximately 6.02×1023,
defining the number of particles (atoms or molecules) in a mole, one
of the seven base SI units."

Roger
On 10/25/06, Christopher Walker <schloss at mail.com> wrote:
> <snip>
> Mole day? Is there really one?
> <snip>
>
> There is indeed: 23 October; created (apparently) to increase awareness of
> chemistry, which no doubt it has done enormously. And yesterday, by an
> extravagant coincidence, I came across a compound of the word: 'centimoles',
> used as a measure of the strength of substances in dilution. So in hospitals
> (the context in which I heard it) it is used to describe the distribution of
> additives in drips and suchlike.
>
> CW
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