Question

Who is regarded as the father of modern chemistry?

• A. Albert Einstein
• B. C.V Raman
• C. Ernest Rutherford
• D. Antoine Lavoisier

Answer 1

The correct option is D

Antoine Lavoisier

Explanation for the correct option:

(D) Antione Lavoisier

• Antoine Lavoisier, the French Chemist known as “The Father of Modern Chemistry”.
• Due to his significant contributions to the field of chemistry.
• He revises the nomenclature method of compounds.
• He was the one who created the Law of conservation of mass.
• He introduced the role of Oxygen in respiration, combustion, and rusting of metals.
• He developed a metric system in chemistry.

Explanation of incorrect options:

(A) Albert Einstein is well known for his contribution to the theories of Relativity, and also for the Development of theories of Quantum mechanics.

(B) Indian Physicist C.V. Raman is known for his contribution to the field of light scattering and was awarded the Noble prize in 1930 for the Discovery of the Raman effect.

(C) Ernest Rutherford discovered the concept of radioactivity (radioactivity half-life), postulated the structure of nuclear in an atom, and discovered the alpha $\left(\mathrm{\alpha }\right)$ and beta $\left(\mathrm{\beta }\right)$.

Hence, option (D) is correct. Antoine Lavoisier, the French Chemist known as “The Father of Modern Chemistry”.