alleryStart learning →Which French chemist is widely regarded as the father of modern chemistry for his quantitative work with gases?
AAntoine Lavoisier
BJacques Charles
CJoseph Gay-Lussac
DGuillaume Amontons
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Antoine Lavoisier
1. Antoine Lavoisier turned chemistry from a qualitative into a quantitative science through his work with gases.
2. He discovered the law of conservation of matter and the role of oxygen in combustion, and determined the composition of air.
3. He was guillotined in 1794 during the French Revolution.
4. Charles, Gay-Lussac and Amontons each gave their names to a single gas relationship rather than to this broad reform of the subject.
_Source: OpenStax Chemistry (CC BY 4.0), Ch 9 "Gases", section 9.3 Stoichiometry of Gaseous Substances, Mixtures, and Reactions_
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