Question

Who Named Oxygen?

Answer 1

1. Oxygen was discovered by Joseph Priestly in 1774.
2. Antoine Laurent Lavoisier coined the name Oxygen in 1777.
3. He suggested many important roles of Oxygen like respiration and combustion which was widely accepted at that time.
4. Oxygen is the element of Group 16 and period 2 having the atomic number 8.
5. The electronic configuration of Oxygen is $\left[\mathrm{He}\right]2s^{2}2p^4$.
6. It is one of the most abundant element found in the crust of earth.
7. Oxygen is a colorless, odourless gas.