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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 13
Issue 1 (2008) pp 6-6
A Classroom Demonstration of the Meaning of the Atomic Theory
Michael O. Hurst
Department of Chemistry, Georgia Southern University,
Statesboro, GA 30460, hurstmo@GeorgiaSouthern.edu
Received March 2, 2007. Accepted August 15, 2007.
Published online: 20 January 2008
Abstract. Students in general chemistry often have trouble because not only do they not understand the concepts, but they also do not understand the questions the concepts explain or their significance. I have developed a simple classroom demonstration which illustrates the idea of the atom and continuous versus discontinuous matter. The demonstration also can be used to introduce the concept of wave-particle duality.
Key Words: Laboratories and Demonstrations; general chemistry
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: hurstmo@GeorgiaSouthern.edu)
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Issue date: February
1, 2008
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