[cellml-discussion] (OT) the nature of 'mole' | Re: unit conversion

[Michael Hucka]

  MC> 2. When the mole is used, the elementary entities must
  MC> be specified and may be atoms, molecules, ions,
  MC> electrons, other particles, or specified groups of
  MC> such particles.
  MC>
  MC> Notice groups. So it depends on the definitions of
  MC> 'elementary entities' and 'particles'. I think that
  MC> would hold for bread rolls as well as galaxies - them
  MC> also being specified groups of such particles -
  MC> depending on your level of abstraction.

I suspect (but don't know for a fact) that the "elementary
entities" are intended to be chemical or physical entities,
and "groups of such particles" is meant more in the sense of
molecules than galaxies :-).

MH