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Gabriel Pinto

Departamento de Ingeniería Química Industrial y del Medio Ambiente, E.T.S.I. Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28006 Madrid, Spain

J. Chem. Educ., 2005, 82 (9), p 1321

DOI: 10.1021/ed082p1321

Publication Date (Web): September 1, 2005

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History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

A real-life example consisting of the study of the different substances used as moth repellents is presented to introduce students to miscellaneous topics such as sublimation, intermolecular forces, insecticides, and the effect of moths on clothes. A set of questions about the most common moth repellents, well known to students, is used to motivate them to understand several everday phenomena through chemistry concepts.

Keywords (Audience):

First-Year Undergraduate / General

Keywords (Domain):

Physical Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Products of Chemistry

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Textbooks / Reference Books

Keywords (Subject):

Noncovalent Interactions

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