John Dalton, the man and his legacy: The bicentenary of his atomic theory

Journal of the Chemical Society. Dalton Transactions

Volumn , Issue 20, 2003, Pages 3811-3820

  Lappert, Michael F ^a   Murrell, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DIFFUSION; GASES; HISTORY; KINETIC THEORY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SOLUBILITY;

ATOMIC THEORY; CHEMICAL EQUATION; GAS SOLUBILITY;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 0142165753     PISSN: 14779226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b307622a     Document Type: Article

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