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What is Dalton's theory about chemical compounds?
What is Dalton's theory about chemical compounds?
Dalton's theory states that each chemical compound has a particular combination of atoms, and the ratios of the numbers of atoms of the elements present are usually small whole numbers.
What does the law of multiple proportions state?
What does the law of multiple proportions state?
The law of multiple proportions states that the ratios of the masses of elements that form a series of compounds are small whole numbers.
What was the problem for Dalton and other early chemists?
What was the problem for Dalton and other early chemists?
The problem was to discover the quantitative relationship between the number of atoms in a chemical substance and its mass.
Why do chemists not measure the mass of individual atoms or molecules?
Why do chemists not measure the mass of individual atoms or molecules?
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What do chemists measure in the laboratory instead of the mass of individual atoms or molecules?
What do chemists measure in the laboratory instead of the mass of individual atoms or molecules?
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