Spectrophotometric determination of the dissociation constant of an acid-base indicator using a mathematical deconvolution technique

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1682-1685

  Alter, Krystyn P ^a   Molloy, John L ^a   Niemeyer, Emily D ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CURRICULA; FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STUDENTS; TITRATION;

ACID-BASE INDICATOR; ACID-DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; MATHEMATICAL DECONVOLUTION TECHNIQUE;

DISSOCIATION;

EID: 27744608982     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed082p1682     Document Type: Article

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