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. What were 3 problems with Democritus' Theory of the Atom ?

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Answer: Chemistry books list the principles that form Dalton's atomic model.

1) Matter consists of indivisible atoms. (Idea shared with Democritus.)

2) Atoms are unchangeable. (Idea shared with Democritus.)

3) Compounds are made of molecules. (Democritus had the idea of atoms combining but in a mechanical sense.)

4) All atoms or molecules of a pure substance are identically alike. (I don't know if Democritus shared this idea.)

5) In chemical reactions, atoms are only rearranged, neither being created nor destroyed. (Democritus didn't know of chemical reactions but he did have the idea of atoms being able to combine.)

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