which of John daltons postulates are proven wrong and why?
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Dalton's atomic theory proposed that all matter was composed of atoms, indivisible and indestructible building blocks. While all atoms of an element were identical, different elements had atoms of differing size and mass.The indivisibility of an atom was proved wrong: an atom can be further subdivided into protons, neutrons and electrons. However an atom is the smallest particle that takes part in chemical reactions. According to Dalton, the atoms of same element are similar in all respects.In 1897, English physicist J. J. Thomson (1856–1940) disproved Dalton's idea that atoms are indivisible. When elements were excited by an electrical current, atoms break down into two parts. One of those parts is a negative tiny particle, which Thomson called a corpuscle in 1881....
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The indivisibility of an atom was proved wrong: an atom can be further subdivided into protons, neutrons and electrons. However an atom is the smallest particle that takes part in chemical reactions. According to Dalton, the atoms of same element are similar in all respects
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