Kinetics of acid reactions: Making sense of associated concepts

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-280

  Tan, Kim Chwee Daniel ^a   Treagust, David F ^b   Chandrasegaran, A L ^b   Mocerino, Mauro ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid base chemistry; Alternative conceptions; Chemical equilibrium; Graphical representations of reaction rates; Kinetics of acid reactions; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054116927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0rp90008g     Document Type: Article

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