The father of Chemistry..... prepared a large number of important chemicals like hydroelectric acid, nitric acid and white lead.

NATURE OF SCIENCE

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The father of Chemistry____ prepared a large number of important chemicals like hydroelectric acid, nitric acid and white lead.

A	Nasir-ud-Din Tusi
B	Jabir Bin Hayan
C	Ali Tibri
D	Abul Wafa

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -His contributions to chemistry include discovering several chemical compounds and techniques which are used today. Jabir Ibn Hayyan discovered hydrochloric acid and nitric acid-two very important strong acids. These were discovered by the distillation of several salts with sulfuric acid.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jabir is credited with the introduction of experimental methodology into alchemy and the invention of several chemical processes used in modern chemistry.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jabir (known as Geber in western history) is mostly known for his contributions to chemistry. He emphasised systematic experimentation, and did much to free alchemy from superstition and turn it into a science.

Detailed explanation-4: -Who really was Jabir ibn Hayyan? Known in Europe as Geber, this Islamic scholar of the Middle Ages is considered the father of alchemy and one of the founders or pioneers of pharmacology and modern chemistry.

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