Laboratory and homework exercises in the geochemical kinetics of mineral-water reaction: Rate law, arrhenius activation energy, and the rate-determining step in the dissolution of halite

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-59

  Velbel, Michael A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EDUCATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY;

EID: 1842679303     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-52.1.52     Document Type: Article

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