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Antoine Lavoisier, a French chemist, disproved the elemental theory proposed by Aristotle by conducting experiments that showed the conservation of mass during chemical reactions. He also identified oxygen as a key element in combustion, leading to the development of the modern understanding of chemical elements.
The adjective form is elemental. Example: Do you understand the elemental principles of accountancy?
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Elemental silver is a shiny, metallic white color.
Sodium Feredetate contains 33% elemental iron by weight.
The oxidation state of elemental mercury (Hg) is 0 because each atom in an element is considered to be in its elemental form with no charge.