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Scheele's Prior Production
- When
- 1771–1772
- Where
- Uppsala, Sweden
Scheele produces oxygen by heating mercuric oxide and nitrates before Priestley.
Carl Wilhelm Scheele produced oxygen gas by heating mercuric oxide and various nitrates between 1771 and 1772. He described its properties but did not publish his work until 1777, after reading Priestley's 1775 publication.
Sources
- Oxygen Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-21
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