Who was the first scientist to use the term element?

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Robert Boyle

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Antoine Laurent Lavoisier

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Neils Bohr

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The correct option is B
Robert Boyle

Robert Boyle was the first scientist to use the term element in 1661. Any substance that contains only one kind of atoms is known as an element.

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