Famous Chemists and Their Contributions

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Who is known as the father of modern chemistry?

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Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

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What method did Lavoisier design related to gunpowder?

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A new method of preparing gunpowder that avoided government officials ransacking cellars and barns.

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What was Lavoisier's contribution to the theory of combustion?

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He stated that combustion was the combination of oxygen with a substance, contrary to the phlogiston theory.

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What did Lavoisier prove about water and earth?

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He overturned the idea that water turns into earth by showing that solid sediment from heated water was just bits of glass.

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What significant book did Lavoisier produce in 1789?

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The first modern chemistry textbook.

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What happened to Lavoisier during the French Revolution?

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He was barred from his laboratory, arrested, and guillotined.

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What was John Dalton's religious affiliation?

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He was a practicing Quaker.

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What is Dalton's Atomic Theory?

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A theory stating that matter is composed of discrete units called atoms.

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What was Dalton's mistake regarding the chemical formula for water?

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He thought it was HO instead of H2O.

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What did Sir Humphry Davy discover about nitrous oxide?

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It was the first chemical anesthetic and was used at parties for its effects.