JOHN DALTON’S

ATOMIC THEORY
WHO IS JOHN DALTON?

John Dalton FRS was an

English chemist, physicist and
meteorologist. He is best
known for introducing the
atomic theory into chemistry,
and for his research into color
blindness, which he had. Color
blindness is known as
Daltonism.
WHAT IS DALTON’S ATOMIC
THEORY?

A theoretical proof the validity of

different laws was given by JOHN
DALTON in 1808, in the form of a model
of a atom known as DALTON’S ATOMIC
THEORY.
 POSTULATES OF DALTON’S
ATOMIC THEORY

1.All matter is made up of very tiny particles called Atoms.

2.Atoms are indivisible particles which cannot be created or destroyed

in a chemical reaction.

3.Atoms of a given element are identical in mass and chemical properties.

4. Atom of different element have different masses and chemical

properties.

5. Atoms combine in a ratio of small whole numbers to form

compounds.

6. The relative number and kinds of Atoms are constant in a given

compound.
 1.All matter is made up of very tiny particles called Atoms

ELEMENT A ELEMENT B COMPOUND C

when we go on dividing matter into smaller

and smaller sections, what we get at the end
is ATOMS.
ATOMS  ATOMS ARE LIKE FUNDAMENTAL UNITS DIVIDING THEM
FUTHER IS NOT POSSIBLE.
 AND ALSO IS A CHEMICAL REACTION ATOMS MAY COMBINED
TOGETHER TO FORM NEW UNIT. HOWEVER NO NEW ATOMS CAN BE
CREATED AND EXISTING ONES CANNOT BE DESTROYED,SO IN THIS CASE
THE ATOM OF ELEMENT A AND B ARE JUST COMBINING TO FORM
COMPOUND C.

NO NEW ATOMS ARE FORMED?

NO ATOMS IS DISTROYED
IDENTICAL MASS

SAME CHEMICAL
PROPERTIES
 ELEMENT A ELEMENT B

ATOMS OF BOTH HAVE

 DIFFERENT MASSES  DIFFERENT CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

ELEMENT A ELEMENT B

COMPOUND C
EXAMPLE

OXYGEN
CARBON

HYDROGEN
OXYGEN
WATER CARBON DIOXIDE
The Compound C has two atoms of Element A and one atoms in
Element B
 One unit of water we have two Hydrogen atoms and
one oxygen atom.
 In a single unit of carbon dioxide we have one carbon
and two oxygen atoms of each.

 Carbon monoxide has one atom of each that is

carbon and oxygen
 While one unit of ammonia always has one
nitrogen atom bound to three hydrogen atoms,
so the number of atoms will always be constant
in a unit of a given particular compound.
Limitations of Dalton’s Atomic Theory
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