Which of the following scientist gave the name hydrochloric acid to $H C l$ ?

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

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Lavoiser

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Solution

The correct option is B Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Hydrochloric acid was earlier called muriatic acid. Gay-Lussac coined the name hydrochloric acid in the year 1814.

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