Which scientist gets the credit for naming oxygen?

Joseph Priestley

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Antoine Lavoisier

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Scheele

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Henry Cavendish

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Solution

The correct option is B Antoine Lavoisier

In 1774, Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen, but the name oxygen was given by a French scientist Antoine Lavoisier. He derived the name oxygen from the word ‘ Oxygenes’ which means ‘acid forming’.

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