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    John Dalton was an English chemist and meteorologist in the late 18th/early 19th century. He is considered the father of modern atomic theory. Through his experiments with gases and compounds, he inferred that all matter is composed of tiny indivisible particles (atoms) that are in constant motion. He proposed that atoms of the same element are identical, while atoms of different elements have differing sizes and masses. Dalton's atomic theory, which includes ideas like atoms combining to form compounds and chemical reactions rearranging atoms, remains valid in modern chemistry. He visualized atoms as solid spheres like billiard balls to model their behavior.

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    John Dalton was an English chemist and meteorologist in the late 18th/early 19th century. He is considered the father of modern atomic theory. Through his experiments with gases and compounds, he inferred that all matter is composed of tiny indivisible particles (atoms) that are in constant motion. He proposed that atoms of the same element are identical, while atoms of different elements have differing sizes and masses. Dalton's atomic theory, which includes ideas like atoms combining to form compounds and chemical reactions rearranging atoms, remains valid in modern chemistry. He visualized atoms as solid spheres like billiard balls to model their behavior.

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    John Dalton was an English chemist and meteorologist in the late 18th/early 19th century. He is considered the father of modern atomic theory. Through his experiments with gases and compounds, he inferred that all matter is composed of tiny indivisible particles (atoms) that are in constant motion. He proposed that atoms of the same element are identical, while atoms of different elements have differing sizes and masses. Dalton's atomic theory, which includes ideas like atoms combining to form compounds and chemical reactions rearranging atoms, remains valid in modern chemistry. He visualized atoms as solid spheres like billiard balls to model their behavior.

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    John Dalton, Modern

    Atomic Theory – Marble


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    Biography

    Modern Atomic theory

    The billiard ball model


    JOHN DALTON

     father of meteorology

     English meteorologist and chemist,


    a pioneer in the development of
    modern atomic theory

     His family was ‘Quaker’, a member


    of a Christian Movement
    JOHN DALTON
     From 1787, he kept a
    meteorological diary and through
    his lifetime he recorded over 20,000
    weather observations over a period
    of 57 years.

     In 1973, ‘Meteorological
    Observations and Essays’, his first
    book, was published, only one of
    the many books and articles he had
    written.
    Dalton’s
    Experiments
    He investigated pressure and other
    properties of gases, from which he
    inferred that gases must consist of tiny,
    individual particles that are in constant,
    random motion.
    He researched the properties of compounds,
    which are substances that consist of more than
    one element. He showed that a given compound
    is always comprised of the same elements in the
    same whole-number ratio and that different
    compounds consist of different elements or ratios.
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    Modern Atomic theory

    The Billiard Ball Model


    MODERN ATOMIC
    THEORY

    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. Although two centuries old,
    Dalton's atomic theory remains
    valid in modern chemical thought.
    1. All matter is made of
    atoms. Atoms are
    indivisible and
    indestructible.

    2. All atoms of a given


    element are identical in
    mass and properties

    3. Compounds are formed by


    a combination of two or
    more different kinds of
    atoms.

    4. A chemical reaction is a
    rearrangement of atoms.
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    Modern Atomic theory

    The Billiard Ball


    Model
    THE BILLIARD BALL MODEL

    Because Dalton thought atoms were the smallest


    particles of matter, he envisioned them as solid,
    hard spheres, like billiard (pool) balls, so he used
    wooden balls to model them.

    These are three of his model atoms

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