Integrating computation and visualization to enhance learning IR spectroscopy in the general chemistry laboratory: Computer-assisted learning of IR spectroscopy

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 618-625

  Furlan, Ping Y ^a   Bell Loncella, Elisabeth T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Computation; General chemistry; Hands on learning; IR; Molecular modeling; Molecular properties; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958549176     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010.2010.510704     Document Type: Article

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