Student understanding of the physics and mathematics of process variables in P-V diagrams

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 951, Issue , 2007, Pages 168-171

  Pollock, Evan B ^a   Thompson, John R ^a,b   Mountcastle, Donald B ^a  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrals; Mathematics; P V diagrams; Physics education research; Thermodynamics; Upper level

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449113754     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2820924     Document Type: Conference Paper

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