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Who discovered chlorine gas ?


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Joseph Priestley

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Carl Wilhem Scheele

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Humphrey Davy

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Henry Moseley

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Solution

The correct option is B

Carl Wilhem Scheele


In 1774 the scientist Carl Wilhem Scheele discovered chlorine gas.But at that time he did not know that it was an element.Humphrey Davy identified chlorine as an element in1810.


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