Antaine-Laurent de Lavoisier a biologist is considered one of the most important chemists of science, for his great contributions to matter and the influence of them on the established structure of chemistry. His knowledge developed through his arduous investigations gave birth to different new subjects that investigate chemistry, something revolutionary at that time that ' s why he received his well deserved title of " the father of modern chemistry ".
1.1Photograph by Antoine Lavoiser, One of his most outstanding researches was that he did for the first time truly quantitative experiments by
" The father of Modern Chemistry " showing that, in a chemical reaction, the quantity is the same as that with which it was started, therefore the matter is the same as that of the beginning, giving light to its most well-known law " matter is not created or destroyed but only transformed ". Another of his contributions was the oxidation on April 19, 1776 Lavoisier presented to the Royal Academy of Sciences France his research on combustion and claim to give priority to the discovery of oxygen to be part of the combustion, although, his idea was isolated these did not interpret Well its chemical behavior also proved that when a metal is oxidized to air, the weight gain of the material obtained with respect to the metal is equal to the weight lost by the air. He also performed experiments in the opposite direction. He released oxygen from some compounds such as mercury oxide( repeating the Priestley experiment) and found that the weight lost by rust was equal to the weight of the environment that surrounded him.
Thanks to these experiments, the basic law of chemistry was created. Thanks to these investigations and brilliant ideas gave light to the modern chemistry, chemistry with which it has studied more in detail the matter, what shapes it and how you can give new ideas to investigate, nevertheless Lavoisier never had a quiet mind his " curiosity " led him to do these experiments since in the study laws, however never came to exercise them as such. From a young age he became interested in science and received classes in various disciplines. He became interested in politics, becoming administrator of the Firme Générale, a semi-feudal institution that collected taxes by royal mandate.
In his research he had the invaluable help of his wife Anne-Marie Paulze( 1758- 1836), who collaborated with Lavoisier in experiments, illustrated his publications and translated numerous texts written by the English chemists of the time.
To know more about the contributions of Lavioiser see: Lavoisier and his Brilliant Contributions to Chemistry
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