1. Chemistry 11 Kern & Sarah

2. IDEA OF THE ATOM The 5 main points of Dalton’s atomic theory: Elements = particles called atoms Atoms in same element are the same; Atoms in different elements are different Atoms cant be destroyed/created Atoms combine in elements  compound chemical reactions=combined, separated or rearranged

3. JOHN DALTON He was born on September 6 th 1766 and he died on July 27 th 1844 at the age of 78 chemist, meteorologist and physicist modern atomic theory Quaker family in Eagles field older brother named Jonathan He was colour-blind

4. He was a chemist and a physicist Famous for atomic theory of matter elements = atoms = indestructible 1 of the fathers of modern physical EXPERIMENTS/AREA OF STUDY

5. famous for research on relativity of atom  hydrogen book called “A New System of Chemical Philosophy”.  atomic weights Daltonism = paper on colourblindness Discovered butylene (alternative name for butene (C4 H8) and he determined the determined the composition of ether MAJOR SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS

6. http://web.lemoyne.edu/~giunta/classicalcs/daltonnote.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalton http://matthew2488.tripod.com/id1.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butene BIBLIOGRAPHY