Q. First classification of elements based on
Solution:
- Lavoisier is most noted for his discovery of the role oxygen plays in combustion.
- He recognized and named oxygen (1778) and hydrogen (1783), and opposed the phlogiston theory.
- Lavoisier helped construct the metric system, wrote the first extensive list of elements, and helped to reform chemical nomenclature.
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