oxygen theory of combustion
chemistry
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- In Antoine Lavoisier: Oxygen theory of combustion of Antoine Lavoisier
The oxygen theory of combustion resulted from a demanding and sustained campaign to construct an experimentally grounded chemical theory of combustion, respiration, and calcination. The theory that emerged was in many respects a mirror image of the phlogiston theory, but gaining evidence to support the new…
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