Battle Lavoisier

Jeanne Alloyez Eugénie Choteau Romane Debels Astrid Rauwel 2nde 3  

Battle Lavoisier

• Lavoisier is celebrated as the leader of the 18th century chemical revolution and consequently one of the founders of modern chemistry.
• He studied at the same time chemistry,philosophy, botanic,law,geology and finance and he had a  passion for meteorology
• He participated at the creation of the metric system
• He developed the modern system of naming the chemical substances.
• He also created the principle of the chemical equations for the chemical reactions
• French chemistry students are still taught the conservation of mass as “Lavoisier’s law” and this is indicative of his success in making this principle a foundation of modern chemistry.
• He is the one who said “ nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed”
• In 1787, Lavoisier and three colleagues published a new nomenclature of chemistry and it was soon widely accepted thanks to Lavoisier’s eminence.
• He invented himself the name “oxygen” in 1779 and the name “azote”
• Lavoisier performed a wide range of experiments on the research about the oxygen theory of combustion.
• He is the one who discovered the composition of air and water
• He created the notion of chemical element
• He exhibited an unusual studiousness and concern for the public good.
• He served as a leading financial of public administration before the French Revolution.
• He helped develop the first geological map of France at the young age of 25.
• He has been elected a junior member of the Academy of Sciences.
• He helped France thanks to his services during the French Revolution and napoleonic wars .
• Wealthy, high-minded, and hugely ambitious, Lavoisier was rationality and purposefulness personified.

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