A hands-on approach to teaching environmental awareness and pollutant remediation to undergraduate chemistry students

Research in Science and Technological Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-184

  Salman Ashraf, S ^a   Rauf, M A ^a   Abdullah, Fatema H ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

environmental awareness; green chemistry; kinetics; pollutant remediation; undergraduate laboratory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863815203     PISSN: 02635143     EISSN: 14701138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2012.698604     Document Type: Article

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