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How were you able to discover an element before the invention of modern instruments?
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Before instruments were invented to aid in the discovery of different elements, the discovery of most elements was by accident. Madame Curie discovered uranium, but did not know at the time that it was radioactive.
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Before the avent of modern instruments what was the basis on which one could claim that a substance was a new element in the year 1807?
In the year 1807, the English chemistDavy passed an electrical current through a molten potassium hydroxide and isolated a bright, shiny reactive substance.He claimed the discovery of a new element, which he named potassium.
Which element is a stable element?
A stable element is any non-radioactive element. All elements before element atomic number 84 (not including 84) - Polonium (Po) are stable elements.
What element is lighter than hafnium?
loads - look at the 72 elements before it in the periodic table
What element would Trojan men breathe in before battle?
Argon for it's medicinal properties
How hard is element 113?
This has not been determined, as we have not yet created a sufficient quantity (or any that stuck around long enough before decomposing- it's an unstable element) to test this.
What are some element that are named after people from the periodic table?
element name before the name of inventor or the place whre discover this element because this are artificially made of people or experiment in laboratory!!
Difference between invention and discovery?
Invention implies creating something which didn't previously exist. Discovery implies finding something which no one had found before. You could have invented a telescope if you lived before it's inventors. You could use a telescope and discover an object which no one had noticed before.
What three keyboard instruments existed before the piano?
pianoforte literally is the Italian for loud and soft, and the piano is called this because it can produce loud and soft sounds. Before the invention of the piano keyboard instruments could only produce one level of sound ie loud, so composers worked in stepped dynamics or terraced dynamics ie there were no crescendos. Keyboard instruments used in compositions before the invention of the piano are the organ, the harpsichord, the virginal, the spinnet, the clavichord. Harpsichords have opposite coloured keys to pianos ie the white keys are black and the black keys are white.
THE world of graphics before and after the invention of corel draw?
the world of graphics before and after the invention of coreldraw
Are the adjectives discover and invent the same?
A. discover and invent are not the same discover means to find or uncover while invent means to make B. (Note: "Discover" and "invent" are verbs, not adjectives.) "Discovering" involves knowing about something that has existed beforehand, such as Marie Curie's discovery of radium. On the other hand, "inventing" refers to making something that has not existed before, like Edison's invention of the light bulb.
What did alexander do before the invention of the iPod?
Alexander Graham Bell lived his entire life and died long before the invention of the iPod.
Prehistoric means before the invention of what?
it means before we wrote
What was the condition of society before the invention of agriculture?
The society really struggled to feed itself before the invention of agriculture.Before the invention of agriculture, the condition of the society was really pathetic. Most people were hunters and gatherers.
What is an invention that we can't live without?
People were living before each invention and continued to live after, so there is no invention that we CANNOT live without.
What does BTIOS stand for?
Before The Invention Of Soap.
What invention was invented before the 1900?
The wheel
How was war fought before and after the invention of mustard gas?
Before the invention of the mustard gas, was was fought using tear-inducing irritants, while after the invention of mustard gas, war was fought using chemical weapons.
