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The atomic number revolution in chemistry: a Kuhnian analysis

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This paper argues that the field of chemistry underwent a significant change of
theory in the early twentieth century, when atomic number replaced atomic weight as the
principle for ordering and identifying the chemical elements. It is a classic case of a
Kuhnian revolution. In the process of addressing anomalies, chemists who were trained to
see elements as defined by their atomic weight discovered that their theoretical assump-
tions were impediments to understanding the chemical world. The only way to normalize
the anomalies was to introduce new concepts, and a new conceptual understanding of what
it is to be an element. In the process of making these changes, a new scientific lexicon
emerged, one that took atomic number to be the defining feature of a chemical element.

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