phlogiston / floʊˈdʒɪs tɒn, -tən /

📖毕业后词汇卤素燃烧剂焰火焰火烧

phlogiston 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a nonexistent chemical that, prior to the discovery of oxygen, was thought to be released during combustion.

phlogiston 近义词

phlogiston

等同于 fire

更多phlogiston例句

  1. Thus we say that the union of phlogiston to a particular kind of earth is the cause of its becoming a metal.
  2. It dissolves many substances containing phlogiston, as iron, dry flesh, &c. and thereby forms a little inflammable air.
  3. These facts shew that alkaline air consists chiefly of phlogiston.
  4. The nitrous acid unites with phlogiston, alkalis, metallic substances, and calcareous earth.
  5. It is less capable of concentration than the vitriolic or nitrous acids, perhaps from a more intimate union of phlogiston with it.