Children’s understanding of changes of state involving the gas state, Part 1: Boiling water and the particle theory

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 567-583

  Johnson, Philip ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1242294765     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950069980200505     Document Type: Article

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