A multidimensional undergraduate experiment for easy solution and surface sensing of mercury(II) and copper(II) metal cations

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1057-1060

  Espinosa, Arturo ^a   Otón, Francisco ^a   Martínez, Rosario ^a   Tárraga, Alberto ^a   Molina, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analytical Chemistry; Environmental Chemistry; Fluorescence Spectroscopy; Hands On Learning Manipulatives; Laboratory Instruction; Organic Chemistry; Qualitative Analysis; Second Year Undergraduate; Synthesis; Transition Elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882285073     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed300571s     Document Type: Article

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