Origin+of+the+term+''Mole''


 * __"Mole" comes from...__**

In Latin, "Mole" is the word that means mass or massive structure

German word "Mol" short for "Molekulargewicht"- means molecule German word "Molekül"- also means molecule

French word "moléculaire"- means molecule

Ostwald introduced the word "mole" in chemistry in 1900
 * __Who started the "Mole"?__**

The "mole" came to mean the "mass (in grams) whose number is equal to the atomic mass of the molecule" (Bob Erck) Avogadro's number showed the number of atoms/molecules in a substance, so they used this name to "connected the mass of a molecule or atom with how many of them there were." (Bob Erck)
 * __Origin__**

mole gram formula weight gram molecular weight
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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061121120531AAbbw9Z__ http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/Mole/Origin-of-Mole.html http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem03/chem03488.htm
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