Identifying students' misconceptions about nuclear chemistry. A study of Turkish high school students

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1712-1718

  Nakiboǧlu, Canan ^a   Tekin, Berna Bülbül ^a  

^a BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; BONDING; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CURRICULA; INERT GASES; MOLECULES; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; TEXTBOOKS;

HALF-LIFE; NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; PREREQUISITE CONCEPTS; RADIOACTIVE DECAY RATE;

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 33750535645     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1712     Document Type: Article

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