Unified approximations: A new approach for monoprotic weak acid-base equilibria

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1367-1375

  Pardue, Harry L ^a   Odeh, Ihab N ^a   Tesfai, Teweldemedhin M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CURRICULA; GRAPHIC METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PH; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; STUDENTS; TITRATION;

ACID BASE EQUILIBRIA; DEPROTONATION CONSTANTS; DEPROTONATION REACTION; MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTION; MONOPROTIC WEAK ACID; MONOPROTIC WEAK BASE; PROTONATION REACTION; UNIFIED APPROXIMATION;

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 4344702565     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1367     Document Type: Article

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