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Write a short note on the contribution of the following scientists in increasing our knowledge of Chemistry.
a. Dmitri Mendeleev

b. Marie Sklodowska-Curie


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a. Dmitri Mendeleev (1834-1907)

  • Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian chemist and inventor.
  • He formulated a tabular form known as the periodic table (Mendeleev's Periodic Table), which is used in Chemistry and Physics.
  • He helped to transform the world of Science with his way of organizing elements according to their weight and chemical reactivity.
  • Nowadays used spectroscopy and capillary liquids are the contributions of Mendeleev.

b. Marie Sklodowska-Curie (1867-1934)

  • Marie Sklodowska-Curie well-known for the theory of radioactivity was a physicist and chemist.
  • She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to win it in multiple branches of Science.

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