What did Priestley call the oxygen he discovered?
Dephlogisticated air
Vital air
Breathable air
Invisible air
Answer
Joseph Priestley called the oxygen he discovered "dephlogisticated air." He believed that this gas supported combustion and respiration, which were essential processes in the phlogiston theory he defended.
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