Write two contrubution of Antonie Lavones?
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Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (26 August 1743 – 8 May 1794) was a French nobleman, chemist and biologist. He is often called the "Father of Modern Chemistry". His work is an important part of the histories of chemistry and biology.It also contributed to the beginnings of atomic theory. He was the first scientist to recognise and name the elements hydrogen and oxygen. He was executed, as were hundreds of other nobles, during the French Revolution.
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#1 He disproved the prevalent phlogiston theory of combustion
#2 Lavoisier put forward the influential oxygen theory of combustion
#3 Along with Laplace, he established that water was a compound and not an element
#3 Along with Laplace, he established that water was a compound and not an element
#5 He co-authored the first modern system of chemical nomenclature
#6 He is credited with establishing mass conservation in chemical reactions
#7 He discovered that sulfur is an element and that diamond is a form of carbon
#7 He discovered that sulfur is an element and that diamond is a form of carbon
#9 Antoine Lavoisier is considered the Father of Modern Chemistry
#10 He contributed in the adoption of the metric system.
-Discovery of role oxygen plays in combustion.
-Helped in construction of the metric system.
-Established that water was a compound and not an element.
-Discovered that sulfur is an element and that diamond is a form of carbon.
-Credited with establishing mass conservation in chemical reactions.