The Most Significant Contribution to Modern Science Made by Alchemists

question 18

Multiple Choice

The most significant contribution to modern science made by alchemists was

• A)their fundamental work in the transmutation of the elements.
• B)their widespread acceptance of observation and experimentation.
• C)their systematic method of naming substances.
• D)their understanding of the nature of chemical reactions.
• E)their discovery of phlogiston.

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