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ERIC Number: EJ774935
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Aug
Pages: 3
Abstractor: ERIC
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
The Quartz-Crystal Microbalance in an Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment: Measuring Mass
Tsionsky, Vladimir
Journal of Chemical Education, v84 n8 p1340 Aug 2007
The study explains the quartz-crystal microbalance (QCM) technique, which is often used as an undergraduate laboratory experiment for measuring the mass of a system. QCM can be used as a mass sensor only when the measured mass is rigidly attached to the surface.
Descriptors: Laboratory Experiments, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Study, Scientific Concepts, Teaching Methods
Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society. Subscription Department, P.O. Box 1267, Bellmawr, NJ 08099-1267. Tel: 800-691-9846; Tel: 856-931-5825; Fax: 856-931-4115; e-mail: jchemed@egpp.com; Web site: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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