Recycling of waste acetone by fractional distillation

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1724-1726

  Weires, Nicholas A ^a   Johnston, Aubrey ^a   Warner, Don L ^a   McCormick, Michael M ^b   Hammond, Karen ^a   McDougal, Owen M ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Department of Homeland Security   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental Chemistry; First Year Undergraduate General; Green Chemistry; Hands On Learning Manipulatives; Laboratory Instruction; Organic Chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755150287     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed2001158     Document Type: Article

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