what is philosopher's wool??why??
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The philosopher's wool is a chemical compound which is also known as the zinc oxide or ZnO.
Explanation:
In the ancient times people used to burn zinc metal for religious rituals and the ZnO was produced as the combustion residual substance.
This ZnO residual has a wool like texture that's why people named it as the the "philosopher's wool".
This name is still popular among the people.
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