Ten Discoveries in Chemistry

By Malachi Roldan

  • Oxygen Discovered

    Joseph Priestly first discovered oxygen

  • Electricity Transforms Chemicals

    Humphry Davy

  • Atomic Theory

    John Dalton discovered the Atomic Theory

  • Atoms Combine into Molecules

    Italian chemist Amedeo Avogadro finds atoms in elements form into molecules

  • Synthesis of Urea

    Friedrich Woehler accidentally synthesizes urea from inorganic material

  • Chemical Structure

    Friedrich Kekule figures out the chemical structure of benzene

  • Radioactivity

    Marie and Pierre Curie discover and isolate radioactive materials

  • The Electron

    J.J. Thomson discovers that the negatively charged particles

  • Electrons form Chemical Bonds

    Niels Bohr publishes his model of atomic structure

  • Periodic Table

    Dmitry Mendeleyev