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GK QUESTION#3484

With which scientist did William Ramsay show in 1894 that air also contained an element unknown until then, which was named Argon?

  1. ALord RayleighCorrect answer
  2. BHermann Staudinger
  3. CGlenn Seaborg
  4. DHarold Urey
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A. Lord Rayleigh

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William Ramsay and Lord Rayleigh identified argon in 1894 while investigating differences between nitrogen obtained from air and nitrogen obtained chemically. Argon was a previously unrecognised constituent of air. Its very low chemical reactivity helped establish the noble-gas group.

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