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ERIC Number: EJ358505
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Textbook Forum. Thermodynamics of "Mixing" of Ideal Gases: A Persistent Pitfall.
Meyer, Edwin F.
Journal of Chemical Education, v64 n8 p676 Aug 1987
Discusses some of the misconceptions commonly held suggesting that mixing ideal gases causes an increase in entropy. Argues that the combining processes and resulting total pressure have absolutely nothing to do with the mixing itself. (TW)
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Misconceptions, Physics, Pressure (Physics), Science Education, Scientific and Technical Information, Thermodynamics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Gases