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rayancarla1

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In 1662, a chemist published a book that described the relationship between gas, volume, and pressure. What was the chemist's name?
 
  a. Sir Isaac Newton
  b. Robert Boyle
  c. Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
  d. Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 2

Who discovered O2 in 1774 and described it as dephlogisticated air?
 
  a. Robert Boyle
  b. Jacque Charles
  c. Thomas Beddoes
  d. Joseph Priestley


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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
The chemist, Robert Boyle, published what is now known as Boyle's law, governing the rela-tionship between gas, volume, and pressure.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
In 1774, Joseph Priestley described his discovery of O2, which he called dephlogisticated air.


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