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ERIC Number: EJ340545
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Macro versus Microlab: A Controlled Study of Time Efficiency.
Pickering, Miles; LaPrade, Joseph E.
Journal of Chemical Education, v63 n6 p535-36 Jun 1986
Describes a comparison of scale of laboratory with respect to time efficiency. Compared full scale and one-tenth scale Grignard reactions with full scale averaging 330 minutes to completion and scaled-down averaging 204. Savings are seen in air pollution, toxicity, solvent cost, and time. (JM)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Efficiency, Higher Education, Laboratory Experiments, Laboratory Procedures, Organic Chemistry, Science Education, Science Experiments, Time Management
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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