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Amadeo Avogadro Amadeo Avogadro was an Italian scientist noted to be one of the founders of physical chemistry. He was actually a physics professor but he experimented in both physics and chemistry using mathematics to base most of his findings. Avogadro is well known for his hypothesis known as Avogadro's Law. His law states that a given temperature, equal volumes of gases contain the same number of molecules equal to 6.02252.1023. Avogadro received no recognition for his hypothesis or his constant during his lifetime because he was not considered as a brillant emperimenter but rather, a careless one. He also did not back up his hypothesis with an impressive display of experimantal results. He also did not have an impressive reputation for accurate experimental work. Another reason why his hypothesis was not recognized was because of the fact that his work was published in obscure jounals and maybe because he was...

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