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Give one major drawback of Dalton's atomic theory of matter.

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According to Dalton’s atomic theory, matter is indivisible, i.e., which cannot be divided. But now it is known that under special circumstances, atoms can be divided into still smaller particles called electrons, protons and neutrons. This was the major drawback of Dalton's atomic theory of matter.

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