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French Mnemonics for the Periodic Table

Gilles Olive and David Riffont

École Industrielle et Commerciale de la Ville de Namur, 5000 Namur, Belgium

J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85 (11), p 1489

DOI: 10.1021/ed085p1489.2

Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2008

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History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

Memorizing chemical names and symbols can be relatively easy with the help of mnemonics. In this letter, we continue the international trend of a previous letter by providing French mnemonics (in the form of sentences) to help young chemists.

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High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Domain):

Inorganic Chemistry

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Letters

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Mnemonics / Rote Learning

Keywords (Subject):

Periodicity / Periodic Table

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Received: August 03, 2009

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