Sep 5 2014, 10:00 PM
QUOTE(Critical_Fallacy @ Sep 5 2014, 08:39 PM)
The Brownian motion that you learned in Form 1 Science is an example of stochastic process.
The maths related to the Brownian motion can be modeled using Fick's 2nd Law of Diffusion. You will learn more about transport phenomena in Chemical Engineering.
Interestingly, Avogadro's Number was calculated by Einstein in his Brownian Motion paper. The maths related to the Brownian motion can be modeled using Fick's 2nd Law of Diffusion. You will learn more about transport phenomena in Chemical Engineering.
Even more interesting, Avogadro's Number was first approximated by a monk named Chrysostomus Magnenus in 1646. He burned a grain of incense in an abandoned church and assumed that there was one 'atom' of incense in his nose at soon as he could faintly smell it. He then compared the volume of the cavity of his nose with the volume of the church. In modern language, the result of his experiment was NA≥10^22.
Credits to Quora.
Now, I'm thinking about how to calculate NA using Magnenus's method. Any thoughts?
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