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SI for Chemists: A Modification
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Robert D. Freeman
Enody Unlimited, Stillwater, OK 74074
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June 2004
Vol. 81 No. 6
p. 802
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In my original article, "SI for Chemists: Persistent Problems, Solid Solutions" (1), I made several recommendations concerning "mole" and "amount of substance", one of which was to replace the name "amount of substance" with "posos" (from Greek meaning how much, how many). Unfortunately, and for unknown reasons, I was so much concerned about replacing n, the dimension of "amount of substance", with a symbol that doesn't imply number, that I did not give appropriate attention to the implication of p as the symbol for the base quantity posos. pV = pRT obviously does not work very well. To correct this blunder, I recommend that the name "amount of substance" be replaced by "quant" (rather than posos). The word "quant" is in standard dictionaries and has a single meaning related to boating. If the word is given a proper second definition, there should be no confusion; for example, quant is a quantity of matter, or an amount of substance, described by specifying (i) the type of elementary entities which it contains, and (ii) the number of those entities. pV = qRT does not seem unreasonable; further, it contributes to the elimination of "number of moles" as the name for the quantity preceding RT. All of the other recommendations in (1) remain valid; simply change "posos" to "quant".Literature Cited- Freeman, R. D. J. Chem. Educ. 2003, 80, 16–21.
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Freeman, Robert D. J. Chem. Educ. 2004 81 802.
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CER Misconceptions; CER Particulate Nature of Matter; Nomenclature / Units / Symbols
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