Polymer inverse temperature-dependent solubility: A visual demonstration of the importance of TΔS in the Gibbs equation

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 675-677

  Bergbreiter, David E ^a   Mijalis, Alexander J ^a   Fu, Hui ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hands on learning manipulatives; Laboratory instruction; Materials science; Noncovalent interactions; Organic chemistry; Polymer chemistry; Second year undergraduate; Thermodynamics; Upper division undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861551476     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed2003669     Document Type: Article

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