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ERIC Number: EJ128253
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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Oil Formation: An "Unexpected" Difficulty in an Elementary Organic Laboratory Experiment
Lewis, Dennis A.
Journal of Chemical Education, 52, 9, 601, Sep 75
Describes an undergraduate organic laboratory experiment involving the separation of an unknown solid organic acid and an unknown solid organic base. The experiment is designed to present the student with an unexpected difficulty, namely, the formation of a separable viscous liquid, to see how the student handles this difficulty. (MLH)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Instruction, Laboratory Experiments, Laboratory Techniques, Organic Chemistry, Problems, Science Education, Student Reaction
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