Chemistry

13 Great Discoveries of Chemistry

  • Oxygen

    Oxygen

    Discovered by Joseph Priestly.
  • Atomic Theory

    Atomic Theory

    John Dalton discovered the atomic theory.
  • Electricity

    Electricity

    Humphry Davy melted pot ash and ran wires from his biggest battery to form pure potassium.
  • Molecules

    Molecules

    Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac discovered molecules.
  • Synthesis of Urea

    Synthesis of Urea

    Friedrich Wohler discovered synthesis of Urea.
  • Atoms have signatures of light

    Atoms have signatures of light

    Robert Bunsen discovered that certain elements, when mixed with fire, emitted different colors.
  • Chemical structure

    Chemical structure

    Friedrich August Kekulé discovered chemical structure.
  • Periodic Table of elements

    Periodic Table of elements

    While preparing for his class, Dimitri Mendeleev, discovered the periodic table.
  • Radioactivity

    Radioactivity

    Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity.
  • Electrons

    Electrons

    Discovered by Joseph Thompson
  • Plastic

    Plastic

    Discovered by Leo Baekeland.
  • Chemical bonds

    Chemical bonds

    Gilbert Lewis discovered that electrons form chemical bonds.
  • Fullerenes

    Fullerenes

    Discovered by Richard Smalley.