The utility of the lambert function w[a exp(a - bt)] in chemical kinetics

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 647-651

  Williams, Brian Wesley ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioanalytical chemistry; Biochemistry; Biophysical chemistry; Computer based learning; Graduate education research; Kinetics; Mathematics symbolic mathematics; Mechanisms of reactions; Physical chemistry; Rate law; Textbooks reference books; Upper division undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955869437     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed100195z     Document Type: Article

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