Chemistry Scientists
The scientists that We memorize for Mr. Smiths Chemistry Class
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- Berthollet
- Defined Exothermis and endothermic
- Chladni
- Started Accoustics
- Bohr
- Explained Nuclear Fission, Detailed Structure of the atom
- Gamon
- First Evidence of the Big Bang Theory
- Newlands
- Gave us the law of octaves
- Faraday
- Started electrochemistry, Gave us the terms anond and cathode
- Alfven
- Started Magnetohydrodynamics and plasma physics
- Calvin
- Chemical Process of photo Synthesis
- Lanvoiser
- Started modern chemistry, Discredited old combustion theory, Started a revolution in chemical thought, Logical system for naming chemicals, One of the first to use solar energy, Gave us the law of conservation of matter, first scientist to work with organic analysis
- Boltzmann
- Started Statistical Mechanics
- Miller
- Amino acids are the buildign blocks of life
- Vander Waal
- Theories on inter atomic forces
- Volta
- Invented the battery
- Gabor
- Invented Holography
- plucker
- Started analytical Geometry
- Kennelly
- Proved the exostence of the ionosphere
- Curie
- First woman chemist
- Wald
- Biochemical Process of vision
- Graham
- Started Colliod Chemistry, Invented Dialysis,Gave us theories on diffusion of gasses
- Urey
- Discovered Isotopes of hydrogen
- Cockroft
- Invented the first particle accelerator
- Richards
- Measurements of atomic mass
- Clausius
- Thermodynamics
- Staudinger
- Polymer chemistry
- Lussac
- theory on quantitative study
- Muller
- invented DDT
- Dirac
- Started Quantum Electrodynamics
- Lewis
- Electrons are shared when compounds are shared
- Proust
- The law of constant composition
- Chardonnet
- Invented rayon
- Hahn
- Process of nuclear fusion
- Linnaeus
- Started taxonomy
- Anderson
- Discovered the first antimatter particle, Started particle physics
- Goldschmidt
- Started Geochemistry
- Shaw
- Started meteorology
- Thomson
- Discoverd the electron
- Galileo
- Started Deductive Logic, Improved the telescope, Invented the thermometer, Laws on the motion of falling objects, Structural Engineering
- Hess
- Started thermochemistry
- LeChatelier
- Systems adjust to stress
- Davy
- Process of desalinization
- Klaproth
- Started Analytical chemistry and quantitative analytical chemistry
- Bacon
- Use of experimentation to prove arguments
- Gilbert
- Scientific method
- Pyman
- Chemotherapy
- Kipping
- invented silicone
- Gauss
- Gave us number theory, Gave us fundamental theories in algebra
- Soddy
- Radiochemistry
- Einstein
- Greatest scientist of the 20th century
- Pasteur
- Started sterochemistry
- Zsigmondy
- Invented the ultra microscope
- Stevinus
- Started Hydrodynamics, Gave us decimal notation
- Kirhoff
- Spectroscopy
- Dalton
- Gave us modern atomic theory, Gave us law of partial pressure
- Hertz
- Discovered radio waves, unit of frequency named after him
- Becquerrel
- Discovered Radioactivity
- Cuvier
- Started comparative anatomy
- Bartlett
- First compound of the rare gasses
- DeBroglie
- Electrons can behave as a wave or particle
- Fermi
- First Scientist for a nuclear chain reaction, lead person in developing the atomic bomb
- Fajins
- Theories on bonding
- Heisenberg
- Gave us the uncertianty principle
- Prout
- Started physiological Chemistry, Measured the density of aiir
- Newton
- Laws of motion,Explained gravity, Developed optics, Developed calculus
- Van Vleck
- Magnetic theory
- Dewar
- Started Cryogenics
- Flory
- Discovered Macro-molecules
- Lawrence
- Invented the cyclotron
- Milikan
- Charge on the electron
- Mendeleev
- Organized the periodic table, let room for yet undiscovered elements
- Democritus
- First atomic Theory
- Dobereiner
- Gave us triad theory
- Bunsen
- Analyzed thousands of compounds using the spectroscope, credited with the bunsen burner
- Fahrenheit
- First Accurate thermometer, Unit of temperature named for him
- Stahl
- First combustion theory
- Nobel
- Invented dynamite, left money for prizes to be awarded in the sciences
- Van Helmont
- Water was the main basic substance
- Seaborg
- Discovered the synthetic elements
- Priestly
- Discovered oxygen
- Abbe
- Improved the compound Microscope
- Alhazen
- Greatest Scientist of the middle ages
- Bronsted
- Theories on acids and bases
- Archimedes
- Developed statics, Pi, greatest mathematician and physicist of the ancient world
- Helmholtz
- Law of Conservation of energy
- Boyle
- Started scientific chemistry, chemistry is experimental science, distinguised between elements compounds and mixtures, stated combustion would stop when air was removed, developed the match, law of inverse relationship between pressure and volume started qualitative analysis, Invented litmus paper
- Braun
- Invented the oscilloscope
- Libby
- Invented carbon dating
- Geiger
- Invented a device that detects radioactivity
- Maiman
- Invented the laser
- Ampere
- Measure of electric current named for him, Started science of electromagnetics
- Black
- Discovered Carbon Dioxide
- Prevost
- Said that all objects radiate heat
- Coulsen
- Molecular Orbital Theory
- Ramsey
- DIscovered the rare gases
- Kornberg
- First synthetic molecule of DNA
- Joliot
- Artificial radioactivity
- Rontgen
- Discovered X-rays
- Coulomb
- Laws governing charge and magnetism
- Rutherford
- Nuclear Physics
- Cannizzaro
- Distinguished between molecular and atomic mass
- Franklin
- Defined the terms negative and positive, discovered lightning was electrical in nature
- Langevin
- Defined para and dia magnetic
- Avogadeo
- Started physical Chemistry, Discovered Diatomic molecules
- Bullard
- Started the science of marine geophysics
- Torricelli
- Invented the barometer
- Chadwick
- Discovered the nuetron
- Berzalius
- Symbols for the chemical Elements
- Kekule
- Started organic chemistry, Started structural organic chemitry
- Plank
- Energy behaves as an indivisible unit
- Scheele
- Greatest chemist of the 18th century
- Pascal
- First Calculator, Pressure varies with height
- Lynen
- Discovered cholesterol
- Pauling
- Gave us detailed structure of proteins, Theories on chemical bonding and molecular structure, Won two nobel prises, Treatment of the common cold with large doses of vitamin see
- Andrews
- Composition of ozone
- Foucault
- Invented the Gyroscope, First accurate velocity of light
- Fourier
- Invented Dimensional Analysis, We need to use a consistent set of units when performign mathematical operations
- Gibbs
- Started chemical Themodynamics
- Alter
- Each element has a characteristic wavelenght of light
- Wohler
- First Laboratory synthesis of an organic compound
- Prandtl
- Started Aerodynamics
- Hyatt
- First man made plastic
- Moseley
- Concept of atomic number
- Maxwell
- Light consists of electromagnetic waves, gave us the kinetic theory of gases
- Kolbe
- Started modern organic chemistry
- Carothers
- Discovered Nylon and neoprene
- Charles
- Theories on gasses
- Carnot
- Defined the terms work temperature heat and energy
- Cavendish
- Determined the gravitational constant, measurements of mass and density of the earth
- Born
- Quantum Mechanics, Mathematical explanation of the behavior of the electron
- Aston
- The existence of the isotope
- Perrin
- Proved the existence of atoms
- Kelvin
- Gave us the absolute temperature scale
- Parcellus
- First iatrochemist