WEEK06A Flashcards
origin of the word atom
atomos
who proposed the name atom
democritus
what does atomos mean
indivisible or uncuttable
what is the idea of democritus that was not accepted by many greek philosophers plato and aristotle
atomism
published the sceptical chymist- stated that the element is the simplest form of matter, can be combined to be compound
robert boyle
robert boyle year
1661
uses dephlogisticated air by heating mercury oxide (HgO)
joseph priestley
joseph priestley year
1774
who discredited the concept of joseph priestley
antoine-laurent lavoisier
who formulated the law of conservation of mass
antoine-laurent lavoisier
what is the law of conservation of mass
matter can be neither created nor destroyed
the law which states that in a chemical reaction, the mass of substances produced is equal to the mass of the substances reacted
law of conservation of mass
in chemical reactions, atoms are only rearranged
true
1st law of matter
law of conservation of mass
antoine-laurent lavosier year
1774-1778
states that any sample of a given compound will always be composed of the same elements in the same proportion by mass
law of definite proportion
who stated the law of definite proportions
joseph-louis proust
joseph-louis proust year
1788