“DALTON’S ATOMIC

THEORY”
WHO WAS DALTON?
John Dalton FRS (6 September 1766 – 27
July 1844) was
an English chemist, meteorologist and p
hysicist. He is best known for his
pioneering work in the development of
modern atomic theory, and his research
into colour blindness
WHAT IS DALTON’S
THEORY?
A theoretical proof the validity of
different laws was given by John
Delton in 1808,in the form of a
model of an atom known as
Dalton’s Atomic Theory.
POSTULATES OF DALTON'S ATOMIC
THEORY
I. POSTULATE
Matter is made up of extremely
small particles called atoms.
II. POSTULATE
Atoms are indivisible particles, which
can neither be created nor destroyed in
an chemical reaction .
III. POSTULATE
Atoms of given element are
identical in all respects of
mass, shape, size, and chemical
properties.
IV. POSTULATE
 Atoms of different elements have
different masses and chemical
properties .
Atoms of same or different
elements combine together to
form compounds.
VI. POSTULATE
• The relative number and kinds
of atoms are constant in a given
compound.
• According to Dalton’s theory, atoms of
same element have same mass but this
theory does not hold good in case of
isotopes of an element.

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• According to Dalton’s theory, atoms of
same element have same mass but this
theory does not hold good in case of
isotopes of an element.

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 Allotropic forms of the same compound posses
different properties. For example, diamond, graphite
and charcoal are all forms of carbon but their
properties are different from one another which prove
that all atoms of the same element are not identical in
every isobars.

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• According to Dalton’s atomic
theory, the masses of different
elements are different but theory does
not hold good in case of isobars.
 EFFORTS BY:
KARNIK
SINGH

CLASS: ROLL
IX-A NO-26