Humphry Davy named chlorine (Cl, element 17), 1810. Chlorine had been called oxymuriatic acid.
Humphry Davy (1778–1829), son of an impoverished Cornish woodcarver, rose meteorically to become a leader in the reformed chemistry movement initiated by Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier—albeit a critic of some of its basic premises—and a pioneer in the new field of electrochemistry. For more about Humphry Davy Click Here.
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