Dalton believed that atoms could be divided into smaller pieces?

Answer 1

Dalton believed that atoms could not be divided into smaller pieces.

Because Dalton observed that different elements would only react with one another in very specific proportions (for example, two Hydrogens and one Oxygen per water molecule), he believed that each element could be distinguished by very specific atomic properties.

Dalton's model depicted atoms of each element as indestructible, indivisible particles that could not be broken down any further. He believed that different elements had particles of different sizes and masses, and that these differences accounted for the atomic behaviors he saw in his laboratory.

Although we now know that all atoms are instead made up of electrons, protons, and neutrons, Dalton's model was an important stepping-stone to our modern understanding of atomic structure.

Source: Campbell, Neil A., and Jane B. Reece. Biology (8th Edition). San Francisco: Benjamin Cummings, 2007.

Answer 2

1. The atoms of a given element are different from those of any other element; the atoms of different elements can be distinguished from one another by their respective relative atomic weights.
2. All atoms of a given element are identical.
3. Atoms of one element can combine with atoms of other elements to form chemical compounds; a given compound always has the same relative numbers of types of atoms.
4. Atoms cannot be created, divided into smaller particles, nor destroyed in the chemical process; a chemical reaction simply changes the way atoms are grouped together.
5. Elements are made of tiny particles called atoms.
6. Atoms combine in the ratio of small whole numbers to form compounds

Answer 3

No, he was not correct. We have the technology to break down an atom by slitting it, making it a smaller particle. This type of action takes place in the explosion of a nuclear bomb. Much like the one dropped on Hiroshima.

Answer 4

he was not correct. it is possible to split atoms with processess

Answer 5

No. he believed that the atoms were indivisible.

Answer 6

as far as chemistry is concerned, yes. but the physics of the particles & forces of the atomic nucleus contradicts Dalton.

Answer 7

yes he said that

Answer 8

yes