phlogiston

/flɒˈdʒɪs.tən/

Tradução: Substância hipotética que, segundo uma teoria antiga, existiria em todos os materiais combustíveis e seria liberada durante a combustão; conceito hoje refutado pela química moderna.

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A hypothetical substance once thought to be contained in all combustible materials and released during combustion, a concept now discredited in modern chemistry.

🇷🇺Гипотетическое вещество, которое, как считалось ранее, содержится во всех горючих материалах и выделяется при горении; концепция, ныне опровергнутая современной химией.
🇪🇸Sustancia hipotética que se creía presente en todos los materiales combustibles y que se liberaba durante la combustión; concepto ya refutado por la química moderna.
🇫🇷Substance hypothétique que l'on croyait autrefois contenue dans tous les matériaux combustibles et libérée lors de la combustion ; concept désormais réfuté par la chimie moderne.
🇩🇪Hypothetischer Stoff, der angeblich in allen brennbaren Materialien enthalten ist und bei der Verbrennung freigesetzt wird; eine widerlegte Theorie der Chemie.
🇵🇹Substância hipotética que, segundo uma teoria antiga, existiria em todos os materiais combustíveis e seria liberada durante a combustão; conceito hoje refutado pela química moderna.
🇨🇳燃素说中假想的一种存在于所有可燃物中并在燃烧时释放的物质；该概念已被现代化学否定。
🌐مادة افتراضية كان يُعتقد قديمًا أنها توجد في جميع المواد القابلة للاحتراق وتنطلق عند الاحتراق؛ نظرية تجاوزها الكيمياء الحديثة.

Hypothetical substance C2 formal scientific
A hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning.
- According to the phlogiston theory, burning wood releases phlogiston into the air.
- Scientists in the 18th century believed that metals contained phlogiston.
- The phlogiston theory was eventually replaced by the oxygen theory of combustion.
🇵🇹Substância hipotética