Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ319002
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Thumbnail Sketches: Consumer Application of Chemical Principles: Drugs.
Hill, John W.; Jones, Susan M.
Journal of Chemical Education, v62 n4 p328-31 Apr 1985
Acid-base chemistry can be made more meaningful to beginning students by using familiar drugs as examples. They include: (1) drugs (nicotine, cocaine, and aspirin); (2) general anesthesia (nitrous oxide, enflurane, isoflurane, and halothane); (3) local anesthetics (procaine, lidocaine, and cocaine); and (4) intravenous anesthetics (thiopental, ketamine hydrochloride, and phencyclidine). (JN)
Descriptors: Acids, Anesthesiology, Chemical Equilibrium, Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Science Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Anesthetics; Drugs


