6 Chemistry Overview Flashcards
control of fire
~500,000 years ago
“only the dosage determines the poison”
Paracelso
Swiss physician and alchemist; all substances are toxic in high doses
Paracelso
first to apply scientific method
Robert Boyle
established alchemy as a legit science
Robert Boyle
established difference of component and composite
Robert Boyle
established Chemical Element
Lavoisier
established Law of Conservation of Matter
Lavoisier
“not all atoms are equal”
John Dalton
established that every element has different properties and masses
John Dalton
molecule
Amedeo Avogadro
demonstrated that under certain conditions, the same volume of gas always has the same number of molecules
Avogadro’s Law
arranged known elements and predicted properties of unknown ones
Dimitri Mendeleiv
organized elements onto a table based on the properties of atoms
Dimitri Mendeleiv
invented method of killing microorganisms called “pasteurization”
Louis Pasteur
found that molecules with identical composition might be different based on structure
Louis Pasteur
discovered that some elements emit radiation capable of impressing on photographic plates and producing flourescence
Marie Curie
discovered radium and polonium
Marie Curie