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The name hydrogen was proposed by_________.

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Lavoisier

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Rutherford

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Henry cavandish

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Scheele

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The correct option is A Lavoisier
Hydrogen was discovered by Henry Cavendish in $1766$ . Its name hydrogen was proposed by Lavoisier. Here 'Hydro' stands for Water and 'gen' stands for formation.

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