Multiple choice

The French chemist who is known as the father of modern chemistry is

  1. Mendeleyev

  2. Humphrey Davy

  3. Joseph priestly

  4. Antoine Lavoisier
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Antoine Lavoisier is called the father of modern chemistry for establishing the law of conservation of mass, developing systematic chemical nomenclature, and helping transform chemistry from alchemy to a quantitative science. He was executed during the French Revolution.

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