Students use of three different visual representations to interpret whether molecules are polar or nonpolar

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1499-1505

  Höst, Gunnar E ^a   Schönborn, Konrad J ^a   Palmerius, Karljohan E Lundin ^a  

^a Division of Media and Information Technology   (Sweden)

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EID: 84869023179     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed2001895     Document Type: Article

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