• Question: :everyone who discovered hydrogen

    Asked by Chris Murphy to Alex, Anaïs, Peter, Sarwat, Shreesha on 10 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Peter Maskell

      Peter Maskell answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      Henry Cavendish discovered hydrogen in 1766.

    • Photo: Shreesha Bhat

      Shreesha Bhat answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      Although It was Robert Boyle who first discovered and described the reaction between iron filings and dilute acids, which results in hydrogen gas production, the credit is given to Henry Cavendish as he recognised hydrogen to be a discrete element and called it ‘flammable air’. Hydrogen was named by Antoine Lavoisier who proved Cavendish’s theory right.

    • Photo: Sarwat Iqbal

      Sarwat Iqbal answered on 11 Mar 2015:

      Cavendish

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