High school students' understanding of titrations and related acid-base phenomena

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-45

  Sheppard, Keith ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid base models; Neutralization; pH; Student conceptions; Titration

Indexed keywords

EID: 31544482120     PISSN: 11094028     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/B5RP90014J     Document Type: Article

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