before 1959, oxygen was popularly used to define the unit of mol. in 1967, the international committee for weights and measures adopted 12c as a standard to define the mole. what was the major reason for this change?

before 1959, oxygen was popularly used to define the unit of mol. in 1967, the international committee for weights and measures adopted 12c as a standard to define the mole. what was the major reason for this change?

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