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Discovery - Daniel Rutherford, a Scottish Physician, discovered nitrogen in 1772. But it was Lavoisier, who proved that nitrogen is an element and that it was not a supporter of combustion and respiration. He called it 'azote' meaning 'no life'. The name 'Nitrogen' was given to ..

Daniel Rutherford, a Scottish Physician, discovered nitrogen in 1772. But it was Lavoisier, who proved that nitrogen is an element and that it was not a supporter of combustion and respiration. He called it 'azote' meaning 'no life'. The name 'Nitrogen' was given to it by Jean Antoi..

The Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele first prepared chlorine in 1770 by treating hot concentrated hydrochloric acid with manganese dioxide. Unfortunately, he thought that it was an oxygen containing compound and did not recognize it as an element. After more than 30 years, th..

The whole mass of an atom is due to the nucleus, which means that the nucleus must contain protons equal to the mass of the atom. As the number of protons is equal to the atomic number, the atomic mass should be equal to the atomic number. But for all atoms except hydrogen the atomic mass is found..

Ernest Rutherford, an energetic New Zealander working in England, was studying the properties of particles spontaneously emitted by radioactive substances. Of particular interest was a positively charged, relatively heavy emission named alpha particle. Quantities of such particles are emitted by c..

Sources and Discovery of Hydrogen - Hydrogen is the lightest substance known and the most abundant element in the universe. It has a mass of just 0.09 g per litre at normal temperature and pressure. Though it is present in abundance in celestial bodies, like the sun and stars, i..

Hydrogen is the lightest substance known and the most abundant element in the universe. It has a mass of just 0.09 g per litre at normal temperature and pressure. Though it is present in abundance in celestial bodies, like the sun and stars, it is not present in a free state in our ..

In 1896, the phenomenon of radioactivity was accidentally discovered by French scientist Henri Becquerel. He was performing experiments with uranium compounds. He accidentally placed a crystal of potassium uranyl sulphate over photographic plate wrapped with usual black paper. On developing the p..

Even before knowing what elements were, man started extracting them from their ores. A few metals like gold, silver, iron, copper, lead, tin and mercury were used even in the 1 s t century A.D. A mention of them is made in the 'Charaka Samhita' - a medical treatise of an..

Even before knowing what elements were, man started extracting them from their ores. A few metals like gold, silver, iron, copper, lead, tin and mercury were used even in the 1 s t century A.D. A mention of them is made in the 'Charaka Samhita' - a medical treatise of ancient In..