Question

What are the merits of Dalton’s atomic theory?

• A. Explains the laws of chemical combination
• B. Distinguishes between atoms and molecules
• C. Explains the laws of chemical combination and distinguishes between atoms and molecules
• D. Discovered that electrons are embedded in the positively charged sphere

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Explains the laws of chemical combination and distinguishes between atoms and molecules

The merits of Dalton’s atomic theory are explained as follows:

All atoms are indivisible, indestructible, and unchangeable.
An atom of an element cannot be created, divided, destroyed, or split into smaller particles or transformed into atoms of other elements or transformed into other atoms in a chemical reaction.
They are simply rearranged in a new compound.
Dalton’s atomic theory based this hypothesis on the law of conservation of mass. He also described a workable distinction between atom and molecules.