Q. Which of the following statements regarding Antoine Lavoisier are correct?
  1. He is credited with naming oxygen and hydrogen.
  2. He established the Law of Conservation of Mass.
  3. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
Select the correct option from the codes given below:

Answer: Only 1 and 2
Notes: Antoine Lavoisier named both hydrogen and oxygen and formulated the Law of Conservation of Mass. However, the Nobel Prizes were instituted in 1901, long after his death in 1794. Therefore, statements 1 and 2 are correct, while statement 3 is incorrect.
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