Question
“Dalton’s theory of same element has same mass and properties” was proved wrong by the invention of
- Molecules
- Isotopes
- Isotones
- Isobars
Hint:
Dalton considered that an element would have the same atomic mass and similar chemical properties and this turned out to be a false statement.
The correct answer is: Isotopes
- “Dalton’s theory of the same element has same mass and properties” was proved wrong by the invention of the isotopes.
- Isotopes are the elements that have two or more forms that have the same atomic number but different atomic mass. Their number of protons are same but their number of neutrons differs.
- Dalton proposed that the element has the same properties and mass but it was later found that an element can have different atomic mass and thus, different chemical properties.
Atomic number is determined by the number of protons and atomic mass is determined by mass of nuclei.
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