Balancing redox equations

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 681-682

  Jensen, William B ^a   Andraos, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 67649995230     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed086p681     Document Type: Review

References (17)

1. For a brief history of the techniques for balancing chemical equations, see the monograph: Garrigós i Oltra, L. Approximatións a la evolutión histórica de los méthods de ajuste de las ecuaciones quimicas; Instituto de Culturajuam Gil-Albert: Alicante, 1990; also the review Herndon, W. C. On Balancing Chemical Equations: Past and Present. J. Chem. Educ. 1997, 74. 1359-1362.
2. Jensen, W. B. The Origin of the Oxidation-State Concept. J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84. 1418-1419.
3. For a late example, see Mathewson, C. H. First Principles of Chemical Theory; John Wiley and Sons: New York, 1908; pp 31-35.
4. Johnson, O. C. Negative Bonds and Rule for Balancing Equations. Chem. News 1880, 42. 51.
5. Early usage includes Douglas, S. H.; Prescott, A. B. Qualitative Chemical Analysis, 3rd ed.; Van Nostrand: New York, 1881; pp 250-253;
6. and Wiechmann, F. G. Lecture-Notes on Theoretical Chemistry; Wiley: New York, 1895; pp 97-98.
7. See also Bennett, G. W. Otis Coe Johnson and Redox Reactions. J. Chem. Educ. 1954, 31. 157-158.
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12. Bottomley, J. Note on a Method for Determining the Coefficients in Chemical Equations. Chem News 1878, 37. 110-111.
13. Early usage includes Schwanert, H. Lehrbuch der pharmaceutischen Chemie, 2 Vols.; Vieweg: Braunschweig, 1879;
14. Wiechmann, F. G. Lecture-Notes on Theoretical Chemistry; Wiley: New York, 1895; pp 98-99;
15. and van't Hoff, J. Die chemischen Grundlehren nach Menge, Mass und Zeit; Vieweg: Braunschweig, 1912; p 15.
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17. Moore, J. W. Balancing the Forest and the Trees. J Chem. Educ. 1997, 74. 1253.