氟元素的发现:从假说到客观实在

Discovery of Fluorine: From Hypothesis to Objective Reality

通过从科学认识论、科学方法论、化学思想等方面对氟元素的发现历程考证分析可知,氟元素的发现不是先发现元素物质,后形成元素概念,而是一个从假说到客观实在的验证过程。科学家以实践为基础,运用逻辑思维和直觉思维预见了氟元素的存在,并不断探索、创新研究方法、自制实验仪器,最终证实了氟元素假说,同时也验证了元素周期律,使卤族元素概念走向成熟,使化学元素观得以演进。

Through textual analysis of the discovery process of fluorine from scientific epistemology, scientific methodology, chemical thought and other aspects, it could be seen that the discovery of fluorine was not a process that the elemental substances were discovered first and then the element concepts formed, but a verification process from hypothesis to objective reality. Based on practice, scientists predicted the existence of fluorine by logical thinking and intuitive thinking and explored and innovated research methods constantly. The fluorine hypothesis was finally confirmed and the periodic law of elements was also verified. This caused the concept of halogen elements to mature and the evolution of chemical elements.