A recent article by Richard S. Treptow, “Lithium Batteries: A Practical Application of Chemical Principles”, was published with two typographical errors. On page 1016 LiClO4 is incorrectly labeled as LiClO. Figure 3, on page 1017, includes a reaction expression in which Li+ is inaccurately written as Li+2. The corrected Figure 3 appears below.
Figure 3. Lithium-metal battery with liquid cathode of thionyl chloride.
Readers may find the emended PDF file at JCE Online.
The Journal regrets the error.
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Citation
J. Chem. Educ.2003 80 1383.
Keywords
Consumer Chemistry; Electrochemistry; General Chemistry; Introductory / High School Chemistry; Lithium; Physical Chemistry; Redox Reactions
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