When a theory is disproved by further evidence, which of the following occurs? It should be considered a failure.
It adds to scientific knowledge.
It becomes a law.
New data must be found to support it.

Atomicity occurs to prevent updates of the database occurring only partially, which can cause greater problems than rejecting the whole series outright.some are monatomic, diatomic, triatomic etc because it shows the number of atoms. for example, monatomic means it contains only one atom.