Schonbein (1840), found that when an electrical discharge was passed through oxygen (or air) a new gas of a strange smell is formed. He named this new gas as:
Everyday Science / Gases — Multiple-choice practice
شونبین (1840) نے پایا کہ جب برقی مادہ آکسیجن (یا ہوا) سے گزرتا ہے تو ایک عجیب بو کی نئی گیس بنتی ہے۔ اس نے اس نئی گیس کا نام کیا رکھا:
- A. Ozone
- B. Sui Gas
- C. Laughing gas
- D. Acetylene
Correct answer
Ozone
Explanation
Explanation Schonbein (1840) concluded that Van Marums observations in 1785 of a peculiar smell, when an electric discharge was passed through oxygen (or air), was in fact a new gas. He named it Ozone , which is derived from a Greek word ozoaterr meaning smell. Soret in 1860, assigned the molecular formula O 3 .
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