molecular weight: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	molecular mass • relative molecular mass

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Key People

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Stanislao Cannizzaro

Italian chemist

Amedeo Avogadro

Amedeo Avogadro

Italian physicist

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Theodor H.E. Svedberg

Swedish chemist

August Wilhelm von Hofmann

August Wilhelm von Hofmann

German chemist