Which of the Following Statements Regarding Atomic Theory Is Incorrect

question 112

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding atomic theory is incorrect?

• A)John Dalton's experimental results led to the law of conservation of mass.
• B)Antoine Lavoisier's experiments showed that the mass of the products of a chemical reaction equals the mass of the reacting substances.
• C)When wood is burned, the ashes weigh less than the original wood, but this is not a violation of the law of conservation of matter.
• D)Dalton's atomic theory says that a chemical reaction is a rearrangement of atoms into one or more different chemical substances.
• E)Joseph Proust's findings regarding the reactions between metals and oxygen led to the law of definite proportions.

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