KnowraDalton's atomic theoryLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Dalton's atomic theory, each with the reason it gives.All 7Broader topic 3Related 2Narrower topic 1Compared with 1John DaltonBroader topic: This is the specific framework he proposed to account for chemical combination.Law of definite proportionsRelated: It supplied an atomic explanation for the composition regularities Proust had observed.Plum pudding modelNarrower topic: It describes atoms without internal parts, unlike Thomson’s electron-containing model.Law of multiple proportionsBroader topic: It supplied the atomic interpretation Dalton gave to small whole-number mass ratios.Amedeo AvogadroCompared with: Avogadro’s distinction between atoms and molecules corrected difficulties in Dalton’s account of gases.History of atomic theoryBroader topic: It connected atomic ideas to quantitative laws of chemical combination.Law of reciprocal proportionsRelated: It offers an atomic explanation for simple combining proportions, rather than stating a mass relationship alone.