Chemistry For Changing Times (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780321972026
Author: John W. Hill, Terry W. McCreary
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1, Problem 44P
In 1774 Joseph Priestley isolated a gas that he called "dephlogisticated air." Which of the following observations best shows that dephlogisticated air is an element?
a. Dephlogisticated air combines with charcoal to form "fixed air."
b. Dephlogisticated air combines with "inflammable air" to form water.
c. Dephlogisticated air combines with a metal to form a solid called a "calx."
d. Dephlogisticated air has never been separated into simpler substances.
e. Dephlogisticated air and "mephitic air" are the main components of the atmosphere.
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