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Ancient Indian and Greek Philosophers on Divisibility of Matter

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According to the law of conservation of mass, what can be said about mass in a chemical reaction?

Mass can be created in a chemical reaction

Mass can be destroyed in a chemical reaction

Mass changes its form in a chemical reaction

Mass can neither be created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction (correct)

What did Lavoisier and other scientists observe regarding the composition of compounds according to the law of constant proportions?

Compounds do not follow any specific proportion rule

Compounds have varying compositions depending on the source

Compounds have different elements in different proportions from the same source

Compounds have the same elements in fixed proportions regardless of the source (correct)

What important concept did John Dalton provide regarding the nature of matter?

Matter cannot be divided into smaller particles

Atoms are the smallest particles of matter (correct)

Greeks discovered the concept of atoms

The divisibility of matter is infinite

Why did Lavoisier and Proust conduct experiments with solutions X and Y? What were they trying to determine?

To determine if mass changes when X and Y mix Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of the law of constant proportions in chemistry?

It establishes that compounds always have fixed element proportions Signup and view all the answers

What did Lavoisier and Joseph Proust observe about compounds according to the law of constant proportions?

Compounds are composed of the same elements in consistent proportions Signup and view all the answers

Who postulated the idea of Parmanu, the smallest particles of matter, in ancient India?

Maharishi Kanad Signup and view all the answers

What did Democritus call the indivisible particles that he proposed in ancient Greece?

Atoms Signup and view all the answers

Which philosopher mentioned that particles obtained from dividing matter cannot be further divided?

Democritus Signup and view all the answers

In what era did ancient Indian philosophers discuss the divisibility of matter?

500 BC Signup and view all the answers

What did Antoine L. and other scientists become interested in by the end of the eighteenth century?

Understanding how elements combine Signup and view all the answers

Which ancient philosopher associated with Indian philosophy elaborated on the doctrine of Parmanu and its combined form existence?

Pakudha Katyayama Signup and view all the answers