Atomic Theory

Accepted · 1803

Status: Accepted
Year: 1803

Summary

Matter as discrete atoms with fixed weights, combining in whole-number ratios. Dalton made chemistry quantitative; atoms were not directly confirmed until Einstein explained Brownian motion a century later.

Equations

Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures Avogadro's Law Law of Mass Action

Proponent

John Dalton

Referenced by

equation

Avogadro's Law Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures Law of Mass Action

researcher

John Dalton

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