Lavoisier made a list of thirty-three elements. His list of elements challenged the age-old idea that

A) elements are made of atoms.

B) there are only four elements.

C) elements cannot be identified.

Eliminate

D) elements do not exist in the free state.

C Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier forever changed the practice and concepts of chemistry by forging a new series of laboratory analyses that would bring order to the chaotic centuries of Greek philosophy and medieval alchemy. Lavoisier’s work in framing the principles of modern chemistry led future generations to regard him as a founder of the science.