English Explanatory Dictionary

fixed air

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Carbon dioxide; carbonic acid.

Word forms

fixed air

Etymology

Coined by Scottish chemist Joseph Black in 1756 because it can be absorbed, or fixed, by strong bases.

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