General Chemistry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 2 - Atoms, Molecules, and Ions - Questions and Problems - Page 79: 2.9

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Dalton calculated the average masses or relative masses i.e the mass of one atom relative to the average mass of another atom. He was unable to calculate the masses of individual atoms.
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