Famous Chemists Flashcard

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Who is known as the 'father of modern chemistry'?

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Antoine Lavoisier

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Which chemist created the periodic table of elements?

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Dmitri Mendeleev

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Who discovered the law of conservation of mass?

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Antoine Lavoisier

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Which scientist discovered radioactivity and won two Nobel Prizes?

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Marie Curie

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Who proposed the atomic theory in the early 19th century?

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John Dalton

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Which chemist is known for discovering the electron?

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J.J. Thomson

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Who discovered the structure of the benzene ring?

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August Kekulé

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Which chemist is famous for determining the structure of proteins using X-ray crystallography?

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Dorothy Hodgkin

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Who is known for pioneering the concept of chemical bonding and electronegativity?

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Linus Pauling

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Which chemist is credited with discovering oxygen independently from Joseph Priestley?

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Carl Wilhelm Scheele