CFS Chemistry
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- Joliot
- Came up with artificial radioactivity
- Milikan
- Gave charge on the electron
- Staudinger
- Started polymer chemistry
- Bunsen
- 1. Analzyed thousands of compounds using the spectroscope 2. Credited with inventing a burner but was lab assistant's
- Kelvin
- Gave the absolute temperature scale
- Faraday
- 1. Started electrochemistry 2. Gave us the terms anode and cathode
- Gauss
- 1. Defined the number theory 2. Gave fundamental theories on algebra
- Parcellus
- Considered an iatrochemist (healer)
- Graham
- 1.Started colloid chemistry 2.Discovered dialysis 3.Theories on the diffusion of gases
- Chardonnet
- Invented rayon
- Cuvier
- Started comparative anatomy
- Gilbert
- Gave the scientific method
- Curie
- The first women chemist.
- Newlands
- Gave the law of octaves
- Proust
- Gave the law of constant composition
- Miller
- Stated "amino acids are the building blocks of life."
- Plucker
- Started analytical geometry
- Berthollet
- Defined the terms exothermic and endothermic
- Berzelius
- Gave the chemical symbols for the elements
- Fajans
- Gave theories on bonding
- Lawrence
- Invented the cyclotron
- Kekule
- 1.Credited with starting organic chemistry 2.Started structual organic chemistry
- Pascal
- 1. Invented the first calculator 2. Explained pressure varies with height
- Coulsen
- Gave the molecular-orbital theory
- Calvin
- Gave the chemical process of photosynthesis
- Maxwell
- 1.Said "light consists of electromagnetic waves" 2.Gave the kinetic theory of gases
- Fermi
- 1.First nuclear chain reaction 2.Led the team that developed the atomic bomb
- Perrin
- Proved the existence of atoms
- Volta
- Invented the battery
- Aston
- Proved the existence of isotopes
- Goldschmidt
- Started geochemistry
- Lussac
- Quantitative study of gases
- Flory
- Discovered macromolecules
- Maiman
- Invented the first laser
- Newton
- 1.Laws of Motion 2.Explained gravity 3.Developed optics 4.Developed calculus
- Pauling
- 1. Theories on chemical bonding and molecular structure 2. Gave a detailed structure of proteins 3. Suggested we could treat common cold by taking large doses of vitamin c 4. One of the people to win two Nobel Prizes
- Hertz
- 1.Discovered radiowaves 2.Unit of frequency
- Pasteur
- Started stereochemistry
- Torricelli
- Invented the barometer
- Priestly
- Discovered oxygen
- Lewis
- Explained electrons are shared to form compounds
- Moseley
- Came up with the idea of atomic number for the elements
- Prout
- 1.Started physiological chemistry 2.Gave the measurement on the density of air
- Kornberg
- Gave us the first synthetic molecule of DNA
- Dobereiner
- Gave the triad theory
- Gibbs
- Chemical thermodynamics
- Van der Waal
- Interatomic forces
- Le Chatelier
- Stated "systems adjust to stress."
- Bronsted
- Theories on acids and bases
- Richards
- Accurate measurements on atomic mass
- Lynen
- Discovered cholesterol
- Geiger
- Invented a device to detect radioactivity
- Van Vleck
- Described the magnetic theory
- Fourier
- 1. Explained we needed to use a consistent set of units when performing math operations 2. He invented dimensional analysis
- Klaproth
- 1.Analytical chemistry 2.Started quantatative analytical chemistry
- Boyle
- 1.Started scientific chemistry 2.Established chemistry as an experimental science 3.Distinguished for the first time between elements,compounds and mixtures 4.Combustion would cease when air is removed 5.Invented first match 6.Gave law on relationship between pressure and volume 7.Started qualitative analysis 8.He invented litmus paper
- Ramsey
- Discovered the rare gases
- Urey
- Discovered isotopes of hydrogen
- Kennelley
- Proved the existence of the ionosphere
- Davy
- Explained the process of desalination of seawater
- Andrews
- Gave composition of ozone
- Nobel
- 1.Invented dynamite 2.Left money for prizes to be awarded in science
- Auogadro
- 1. Started physical chemistry 2. Discovered diatomic molecules
- Libby
- Came up with radiocarbon-dating
- Canizzaro
- Made the distinction between atomic and molecular mass
- Dalton
- 1. Gave modern atomic theory 2. Law of partial pressure
- Shaw
- Started science of meteorology
- van Helmont
- Said water was the main basic substance
- Heisenberg
- Defined the uncertainty principle
- Prandtl
- Started aerodynamics as a science
- Prevost
- "All objects radiate heat."
- Lavoiser
- 1.Started modern chemistry 2.Discredited the combustion theory 3.Started a revolution in chemical thought 4.Gave a law of conservation of matter 5.Gave a system for naming chemicals 6.First to use solar energy 7.First scientist to work with organic analysis
- Carothers
- Discovered nylon and neoprene
- Linnaeus
- Started taxonomy
- Langevin
- Defined the terms para and dia magnetic
- Kolbe
- He started modern organic chemistry
- Hyatt
- First man-made plastic
- Mendeleev
- 1. Credited with developing periodic table of elements 2. Left room on the table for elements that had not been discovered yet