Exploring the phenomenon of 'change of phase' of pure substances using the Microcomputer-Based-Laboratory (MBL) system

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 234-239

  Pierri, Evgenia ^a   Karatrantou, Anthi ^a   Panagiotakopoulos, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Freezing point; Melting point; Microcomputer Based Laboratory (MBL) system; Phase change

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749122980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b812412b     Document Type: Article

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