Open AccessAmount of substance and the mole in the SI
Author(s) -
Bernd Güttler,
H. Bettin,
Richard Brown,
Richard Davis,
Zoltán Mester,
Martin Milton,
Axel Pramann,
Olaf Rienitz,
Robert D. Vocke,
Robert Wielgosz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
metrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.637
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1681-7575
pISSN - 0026-1394
DOI - 10.1088/1681-7575/ab1fae
Subject(s) - avogadro constant , mole , constant (computer programming) , value (mathematics) , unit (ring theory) , safeguard , international system of units , physics , mathematics , thermodynamics , statistics , chemistry , computer science , law , organic chemistry , mathematics education , political science , programming language , metrology
Following the revision of the International System of Units (SI), that takes effect on 20 May 2019, the unit mole is defined by using a fixed number of elementary entities. This number is the fixed numerical value of the Avogadro constant, which is the defining constant of the unit mole. This definition was made possible because the determination of the Avogadro constant had reached a level of relative uncertainty that allowed its value to be fixed and, at the same time, safeguard continuity of measurement results before and after the definition. The motivation for the revision of the SI and the mole in particular will be explained and the experimental work that allowed it is summarized.