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by Jyaif 3269 days ago
Why can't they update the Avogadro constant and keep having 1 mole weight 12g of carbon 12?
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And for that matter, isn't it a bit frivol to call it a constant, if it's based on something mutable? Perhaps "the Avogadro number" would be a more appropriate name.