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Michael A. Everest; Abigail J. Toves; Melissa S. Reeves – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
We have developed a guided-inquiry laboratory exercise in which students perform viscosity measurements to infer the structure of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) in aqueous solution. The activity combines both experiments and modeling. In the experimental portion of the exercise, students measure the viscosity of several solutions of PVA with differing…
Descriptors: Molecular Structure, Chemistry, Science Experiments, Inquiry