Using the relationship between vehicle fuel consumption and CO2 emissions to illustrate chemical principles

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-220

  Oliver Hoyo, Maria T ^a   Pinto, Gabriel ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; EDUCATION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GAS EMISSIONS; STOICHIOMETRY;

AUTOMOBILE EMISSION; CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES; COMBUSTION REACTIONS; THEORETICAL EMISSION RATES; VEHICLE FUEL CONSUMPTION;

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 39049127440     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed085p218     Document Type: Article

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