Question

Who developed the “law of conservation of mass”?

• A. Sir humphry davy
• B. Berzelius
• C. Dmitri mendeleev
• D. Antoine lavoisier

Answer 1

The correct option is D

Antoine lavoisier

Explanation for the correct option:
Option (D)

• Antoine lavoisier developed the law of conservation of mass.
• Law of conservation of mass states that the mass can neither be created nor destroyed but is transformed from one form to another.

Explanation for the incorrect options:
Option (A) Sir humphry davy was British chemist and inventor from Cornwall who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp.

Option (B) Berzelius (Jöns Jakob Berzelius) conducted pioneering experiments in electrochemistry and established the law of constant proportions, which states that the elements in inorganic substances are bound together in definite proportions by weight.

Option (C) Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is best known for formulating the Periodic Law and creating a farsighted version of the periodic table of elements.