An analysis of college chemistry textbooks as sources of misconceptions and errors in electrochemistry

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 853-860

  Sanger, Michael J ^a   Greenbowe, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039842726     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p853     Document Type: Article

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