10 Interesting Fact About The history of chemistry

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• The discovery of chemical elements first began in ancient times by alchemist experts in ancient Egypt.
• Alchemy is a initial study of chemistry that developed in the Middle Ages and tried to turn metals into gold.
• In the 17th century, Robert Boyle introduced the theory that all material consisted of atoms.
• Antoine Lavoisier is considered the father of modern chemistry because of its contribution in finding the law of conservation of mass and oxygen.
• Dmitri Mendeleev created a periodic table that is known today in 1869, which group elements based on their chemical properties.
• During World War II, chemical scientists worked hard to develop nuclear weapons.
• In 1985, Harold Kroto, Robert Curl, and Richard Smalley found Fullerene, a round carbon molecule that won the Nobel Chemistry prize in 1996.
• In 1997, quantum chemistry was introduced as a new branch in chemistry, which studies the behavior of sub-atomic particles.
• Research on environmental chemistry and sustainability began to develop in the 1990s.
• At present, chemistry has become a very important field in the development of modern technology and plays an important role in the treatment, energy, and material science.