joseph black (Meaning)
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joseph black (n)
British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
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British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
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Joseph Black was a Scottish chemist who made important contributions to the field of chemistry.
Black is best known for his work on carbon dioxide, which he called "fixed air."
He discovered that carbon dioxide is a gas that is produced by the combustion of organic matter and the respiration of animals.
Black also showed that carbon dioxide is a weak acid.
