Category Archives: Science

Who discovered Radium?

Radium is a chemical element. Its atomic number is 88 and it is denoted by the symbol Ra. It is pure white alkaline earth metal. In 1898, radium was discovered… Read more »

Who discovered Nucleus?

The nucleus is made up of nucleons (neutrons and protons) and it is located at the centre of an atom. Nucleus was discovered by British chemist and physicist Ernest Rutherford… Read more »

Who discovered Argon?

Argon is a chemical element and a colorless, odorless and monatomic gas easily found in the atmosphere of the earth. Its chemical symbol is Ar and its atomic number is… Read more »

Who discovered Carbon Dioxide?

Carbon dioxide is a natural chemical compound. It is colorless, odorless, slightly acidic and non-flammable gas. It is represented by the chemical symbol of CO2. Joseph Black, a French-Scottish physician… Read more »

Who discovered Bromine?

Bromine is the sole liquid, nonmetallic and chemical element. Its atomic number is 35 and it is represented by symbol Br in chemistry. It was discovered independently by two scientists…. Read more »

Who discovered Fluorine?

Fluorine is the chemical element. Its atomic number is 9. It was discovered by Joseph Henri Moissan, a French chemist in 1886. He won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in… Read more »

Who discovered Silicon?

Silicon is a chemical element and metalloid. Its symbol is Si and its atomic number is 14. It was discovered by Antoine Lavoisier, a French biologist and chemist in 1787…. Read more »