How does the John dalton atomic atom differ from previously accepted models?
Five main points of Dalton’s Modern Atomic Theory: 1. Elements are made of tiny particles called atoms. 2. All atoms of a given element are identical. 3. The atoms of a given element are different from those of any other element; the atoms of different elements can be distinguished from one another by their respective relative weights. 4. Atoms of one element can combine with atoms of other elements to form chemical compounds; a given compound always has the same relative numbers of types of atoms. 5. Atoms cannot be created, divided into smaller particles, nor destroyed in the chemical process; a chemical reaction simply changes the way atoms are grouped together. Before Dalton, the Greeks were the first to develop an alternate Atomic hypothesis: The hypothesis of Leucippus and Democritus held everything to be composed of atoms, which are physically, but not geometrically, indivisible; that between atoms lies empty space; that atoms are indestructible; have always been, and always wil
