• Kethal@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Their definitions are no longer related, but their sizes are still roughly the same relative to each other. I mean that the unit for amount of substance is based on 12 grams of C, instead of 12 kg of C, despite the kilogram being the unit for mass. Some fields used to use that unit and called it a kg-mole, but that notation would be pretty confusing and you want to have a different name. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(unit)