6:02am to 6:02pm, October 23

1 mol = 6.02 x 1023 !!

  •  Can you believe that some people have never heard of celebrating mole day?
  •  Scientists and students around the  world celebrate Mole Day with various activities related to chemistry and/or moles.
  •  Mole Day is celebrated annually on October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. in honor of  Avogadro’s Number (6.02 x 1023).

How to Celebrate National Mole Day

  • Send a Mole Day  greeting card to friends.

  • Drink a glass of molasses milk (201g [ 7.1 oz ] of C6H12NNaO3S = 1 mole) at 6:02am & pm.

  • Bake and eat 6.02 molasses cookies.

  • Drink 1 mol of H2O (18 g or 0.63oz) of water at 6:02am.

  • Ask people to guess how many moles you have in a brown paper bag.

 

Mole Jokes from http://www.moleday.org/htdocs/mole_jokes.html

Q: Why is it bad to tell mole jokes?
A: It’s mole-itically incorrect

Q: What do you call a 10th grader who is taking chemistry?
A: A sophomole

Q: What did Avogadro get when he mixed ice cream, chocolate syrup, and milk together?
A: A chocolate Moledt

Q: What did Avogadro teach his students in math class?
A: Moletiplication

Q: What kind of fruit did Avogadro eat in the summer?
A: Watermolens

Q: Why was there only one Avogadro?
A: When they made him, they broke the Moled

Q: What did Avogadro invent for his wife to use as a night cream?
A: Oil of Molay

Q: How much does Avogadro exaggerate?
A: He makes mountains out of mole hills

Q: What was Avogadro’s favorite Indian tribe?
A:
The Molehawks

The Ten Commolements

  1. Thou shalt not use 6.02 x 1023 in vain.
  2. Thou shalt not use the term mole if thou has no true knowledge of the term mole.
  3. Thou shalt not kill a mole.
  4. Thou shalt not covet your neighbor’s mole.
  5. Thou shall always remember to celebrate Mole Day.
  6. Thou shalt not disparage Mole Day.
  7. Thou shalt not use a mole out of season.
  8. Thou shalt always honor the one who introduced thou to Mole Day.
  9. You shalt always keep sacred 10/23.
  10. Thou shalt always remember these commolments or thou will never properly celebrate Mole Day.

Mole Day links

National Mole Day Foundation, Inc.

 Mole sauce

 Send a Mole Day Greeting Card

 Mole Jokes

 The Ten Commolements