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Who first recognized sulfur as an element?(a) John Dalton(b) Humphry Davy(c) Louis Pasteur(d) Antoine LavoisierThis question was addressed to me in homework.Question is taken from P-Block Elements topic in division P-Block Elements of Chemistry – Class 12

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The correct choice is (d) Antoine Lavoisier

Explanation: In ANCIENT TIMES, sulfur was thought to be fused with mercury and salt towards which alchemists thought it was a metal that could be transmuted. It was Antoine Lavoisier who FIRST thought sulfur was an ELEMENT. However, Humphry Davy believed it contained hydrogen.



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