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ERIC Number: EJ351413
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Far from Equilibrium: The Gas Pendulum.
Soltzberg, Leonard J.
Journal of Chemical Education, v63 n12 p1025-28 Dec 1986
Discusses the importance of studying the far-from-equilibrium phenomena in college chemistry. Presents a system using the gas pendulum which displays all of the essential characteristics of dissipative systems. Promotes the use of the gas pendulum as a teaching example of a nonlinear far-from-equilibrium process. (TW)
Descriptors: Chemical Equilibrium, College Science, Higher Education, Inorganic Chemistry, Models, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Experiments, Science Instruction, Scientific and Technical Information, Systems Approach, Thermodynamics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Entropy