Phlogiston and Oxygen

Phlogiston and Oxygen

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  1. Mindmap
  2. Chemistry
  3. Periodic Table
  4. Discovering Elements

Classroom visuals

  • Part of the Periodic Table

    Part of the Periodic Table

  • Dmitri Mendeleev

    Dmitri Mendeleev

  • Using the Periodic Table

    Using the Periodic Table

  • Spectroscope

    Spectroscope

  • Molecular model

    Molecular model

  • Newlands' 1866 Periodic Table

    Newlands' 1866 Periodic Table

  • The Development of the Periodic Table and Atomic Theory

    The Development of the Periodic Table and Atomic Theory

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Film summary

How French Chemist Antoine Lavoisier revealed the true significance of oxygen and brought about the birth of modern chemistry.

Key facts

  • Antoine Lavoisier experimented with weighing substances before and after heating.
  • Lavoisier named the gas given off by burning mercury oxide as (a new element) oxygen.
  • Burning has nothing to do with phlogiston.
  • The theory of phlogiston was left behind at the end of the 18th century.

Transcript

Joseph Priestley
1774

When Joseph Priestly first discovered oxygen in 1774, he didn't realize what he'd done.

He was hampered by the mistaken view of the time that matter contained a substance called phlogiston.

But Priestly was soon to meet a French chemist who would finally bring significance to Priestley's discovery and mark …

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