Building molecular models using screw-on bottle caps

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1247-1249

  Siodłak, Dawid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atomic Properties Structure; Hands On Learning Manipulatives; Molecular Modeling; Stereochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884190812     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: 19381328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed400126p     Document Type: Article

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