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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1998  > January  >
Chemistry Everyday for Everyone
Applications and Analogies
The Electromotive Series and Other Non-Absolute Scales
Gavin D. Peckham
University of Zululand, Department of Chemistry, Private Bag X 1001, Kwa Dlangezwa 3886, SOUTH AFRICA
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January 1998
Vol. 75 No. 1
p. 49
Abstract
This article describes an analogy which may be used to illustrate the principles that underlie the establishment of non-absolute scales of measurements that are evaluated relative to a chosen reference point. The analogy is interwoven with the establishment of the electromotive series, but may be extended to other parameters such as the Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales, potential energies, formation and reaction enthalpies, etc.
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*  Citation
 Peckham, Gavin D. J. Chem. Educ. 1998 75 49.
*  Keywords
 Introductory/High School Chemistry, Teaching/Learning Aids, Electrochemistry, and Analytical Chemistry
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