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Carl Wilhelm Scheele discovered oxygen.

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SUPPORTED
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Is it true that Carl Wilhelm Scheele discovered oxygen?

Yes. Multiple reference and peer-reviewed sources state that Carl Wilhelm Scheele discovered oxygen, several noting he isolated it first (around 1772) even though Priestley published first. One source frames the attribution as a historical controversy in which Scheele is a contender.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 9 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 9
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
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Carl Wilhelm Scheele. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wilhelm_Scheele

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Carl Wilhelm Scheele – The Forgotten Chemist
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Carl Wilhelm Scheele – The Forgotten Chemist. (n.d.). frontiersin.org. https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2022/03/18/children-in-science-carl-wilhelm-scheele-the-forgotten-chemist

Carl Wilhelm Scheele, the Discoverer of Oxygen, and a Very Productive Chemist
2014
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Carl Wilhelm Scheele, the Discoverer of Oxygen, and a Very Productive Chemist. (2014). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2362-5_10

Laughlin's fact finder; people, places, things, events
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H, L. W. (n.d.). Laughlin's fact finder; people, places, things, events. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/laughlinsfactfin00laug

Mechanical Ventilation
1985
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KIRBY, R. R., SMITH, R. A., & DESAUTELS, D. A. (1985). Mechanical Ventilation. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/isbn_0443080631

A Brief History of Oxygen: 250 Years on
2022
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A Brief History of Oxygen: 250 Years on. (2022). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/oxygen2010004

Overview of the Energetics and Reactivity of Oxygen
1995
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Overview of the Energetics and Reactivity of Oxygen. (1995). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0874-7_1

Evaluating Evidence from a Historical Chemical Controversy: A Study in a French High School
2015
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Antonio, A. P. (2015). Evaluating Evidence from a Historical Chemical Controversy: A Study in a French High School. eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1096064

The magic of dioxygen.
2015
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Torres, M. E. S., Saucedo-Vázquez, J. P., & Kroneck, P. M. H. (2015). The magic of dioxygen.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12415-5_1

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