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No, that's not the part we disagree about. Yes, I know, Avogadro's number is a fixed constant now. It's not a _fundamental constant_: https://en.wikipedia.org/
by Zarel 8y ago
No, that's not the part we disagree about. Yes, I know, Avogadro's number is a fixed constant now. It's not a _fundamental constant_:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_constant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_constant
A fundamental constant isn't just any fixed constant. It's specifically a constant that describes a fundamental property of the universe.
For instance, c describes the speed of light in a vacuum, and is a fundamental physical property of the universe.
Avogadro's constant isn't the same thing. It's just a number that humans decided would be useful. We could have fixed it to any other number; there's nothing fundamental about the number ~6.022e23.
- garmaine 8y agoFair enough. I was using a different definition, but arguing over definitions isn't a good use of time :)