Examination of bond properties through infrared spectroscopy and molecular modeling in the general chemistry laboratory

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 379-382

  Csizmar, Clifford M ^a   Force, Dee Ann ^a   Warner, Don L ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Covalent Bonding; First Year Undergraduate General; Hands On Learning Manipulatives; Inquiry Based Discovery Learning; IR Spectroscopy; Laboratory Instruction; Lewis Structures; Microscale Lab; Molecular Modeling; Physical Chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857553183     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed200100n     Document Type: Article

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