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Who reconciled Dalton's atomic hypothesis with Gay-Lussac's results on the combination of volumes in 1811?

1. Robert Boyle
2. Amadeo Avogadro
3. Fred Hoyle
4. Jacques Charles

Correct answer: Amadeo Avogadro

Solution

Amadeo Avogadro explained the discrepancy by proposing that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules. This reconciled Dalton’s atomic hypothesis with Gay-Lussac’s law of combining volumes.

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