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Who was the first scientist to define an element?

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Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

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Neils Bohr

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J. J Thompson

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Ernest Rutherford

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The correct option is A
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-94), a French chemist, was the first to establish an experimentally useful definition of an element. He defined an element as a basic form of matter that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by chemical reactions.

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