Turkish undergraduates' misconceptions of evaporation, evaporation rate, and vapour pressure

International Journal of Science Education

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1757-1770

  Canpolat, Nurtaç ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 33751324393     PISSN: 09500693     EISSN: 14645289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500690600779957     Document Type: Article

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