Hungarian university students' misunderstandings in thermodynamics and chemical kinetics

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-116

  Turányi, Tamás ^a   Tóth, Zoltán ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

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EID: 84872576925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2rp20015e     Document Type: Article

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