Comment on freedom units be like

UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• sift@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  And measuring in moles is way less crazy than measuring in eagles.

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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Really? Now I have to go dig up some moles…

    Which, ah, species is best here?

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    • otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Guaca

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  • cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I am a mole and I live in a hole!

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• MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Im debating with myself whether moles are truly a units because unlike other units moles are just a conveniently large amount but unlike other units moles could fully be replaced by a factor

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  • Bumblefumble@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Yeah they aren’t a unit in the sense that they make a non-quantifiable measure quantifiable. In dimensional analysis they would have the dimension [1]. But they can still be regarded as a unit since they act in the exact same way, just like other factors do. But yeah, they are more akin to the SI prefixes like kilo, or something like a dozen or a gross.

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    • pumpkinseedoil@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’d say it’s a constant, not a unit

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      • Bumblefumble@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah, that’s fair. But it’s used like a unit. Also, do you always browse year old posts?

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  • batmaniam@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    A mole isn’t just convenient. I’m sure there’s a youtube somewhere that explains it but advagadros number is a product of the fact that: 1) every atom of an element has a weight (or at least an average) and 2) atoms interact in integer quantities. If you put those two together there is a common multiplier for a stochiometric equation that is related to the mass of a given atom in that stoichiometry. That multiplier is the the mole.

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    • Turun@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      No it’s simply a big number. We are stuck with it due to history, but at its core it’s a dimensionless quantity. You can do every single calculation without moles. Sure, yo may have to adjust some constants (boltzman constant vs gas constant for example), but it’s not a unit in the same sense a meter or a second is.

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• IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  No u

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