phlogiston

phlogiston

美 [floʊ'dʒɪstən] 　英 [flɒ'dʒɪstən]

• n.热素
• 网络燃素；燃素说；为燃素

英汉解释

n.	1. (古代化学认为可燃物中存在的)燃素,热素

英英解释

n.	1. a hypothetical element that some early scientists, before the discovery of oxygen, believed to be present in all combustible substances to make them burn

例句

A thing was inflammable if it contained phlogiston.

一样东西如果含有燃素，它就能燃烧。

As has been mentioned, some postulated that phlogiston has negative weight ( levity ).

正如所提到的那样，某些燃素会减轻（轻率）的假定。

There are few Ptolemaic astronomers left, or believers in the phlogiston theory of combustion.

如今，没有几个天文学家信奉托勒密的地心说，也不会有人相信燃素说。

History of Chemistry Burning is decomposition process : Fuel =phlogiston metal + ash =phlogiston ash + phlogiston Third part Third part

燃烧是分解过程：可燃物=灰烬+燃素金属=锻灰+燃素

Command of Scientific Mode of Thinking and Rise and Decline of Phlogiston Theory

从燃素说的兴衰看掌握科学思维方法