Select the Best Statement About Chemistry Before 1800

question 61

Multiple Choice

Select the best statement about chemistry before 1800.

• A)Alchemy focused on objective experimentation rather than mystical explanations of processes.
• B)The phlogiston theory laid a valuable theoretical basis for modern chemistry.
• C)Lavoisier's quantitative work on the role of oxygen in combustion was the beginning of modern chemistry.
• D)The interpretation of data by alchemists was not biased by their overall view of life.
• E)Alchemists failed because they did not develop any practical chemical methods.

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