Here is the answer. Although its chief uses are in the preparation of sulfuric acid, sulfur trioxide, and sulfites, sulfur dioxide also is used as a disinfectant, a refrigerant, a reducing agent, a bleach, and a food preservative, especially in dried fruits.
Answer:
Dmitri Mendeleev
Explanation:
He was a Russian Scientist who decided to reorganize the periodic table after other notable scientists such as Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier had also tried to organize it based on the states of matter of the elements.
Mendeleev reorganized the period in the order of increasing atomic mass although there were some other modifications by modern scientists.