Episode 3 of 4
First chemical equation
- When
- 1789
- Where
- content of the 1789 treatise
The treatise publishes the first chemical equation, grape must = carbonic acid + alcohol, which Lavoisier called one of the most extraordinary in chemistry.
The book publishes the first chemical equation, "grape must = carbonic acid + alcohol", describing the reaction as "one of the most extraordinary in chemistry". Lavoisier noted that in these experiments one must assume a true balance or equation between the elements of the compounds with which one starts and those obtained at the end of the chemical reaction.
Sources
- Traité Élémentaire de Chimie Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-14
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