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GK QUESTION#3474

Who received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on inert gaseous elements in air and their place in the periodic system?

  1. AHenry Cavendish
  2. BWilliam RamsayCorrect answer
  3. CLord Rayleigh
  4. DHenry Miers
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B. William Ramsay

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William Ramsay received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on the inert gaseous elements in air and their positions in the periodic system. The intended historical term inert gases corresponds to the noble gases. Lord Rayleigh shared in the discovery of argon but received the 1904 Physics prize.

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