The Characteristics of Oxygen, a Chemical Element (757 words, 4 pages)
OxygenOxygen, symbol O, colorless, odorless, tasteless, slightly magneticgaseous element. On earth, oxygen is more abundant than any other element.Oxygen was discovered in 1774 by the British chemist Joseph Priestley and,independently, by the Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele it was shown to bean elemental gas by the French chemist Antoine Laurent ...
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