SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

CHEMISTRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ discovered carbon.
A
Al razi
B
J. Black
C
J. Priestly
D
Ibn e sina
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Joseph Black, (born April 16, 1728, Bordeaux, France-died Nov. 10, 1799, Edinburgh, Scot.), British chemist and physicist best known for the rediscovery of “fixed air” (carbon dioxide), the concept of latent heat, and the discovery of the bicarbonates (such as bicarbonate of soda).

Detailed explanation-2: -Famous for: Born in Bordeaux in 1728 to an Irish father and a Scottish mother, Joseph Black spent his working life in Scotland. He is considered one of the world’s most eminent chemists and one of the founding fathers of the science of chemistry. Black was a modest man and an excellent teacher.

Detailed explanation-3: -Black died on 6 December 1799 aged seventy-one.

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