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What is the reasoning for oxygen?

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10y ago
Updated: 5/19/2022

"Oxy-" means "acid." It was originally thought that oxygen ("acid creator") was a necessary component of all acids. It's not. Hydrocholoric acid, for example (HCl) contains no oxygen.

A better name would have been "Pyrogen" ("fire creator"), but sometimes tradition sets up before all the facts are in.

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