Website: Gas Hydrates and Crystallography Resources
Posted on November 29th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
This website on gas hydrates and crystallography from the University of California-Irvine provides resources, information, and class materials for teachers. It offers information, documents, presentations, photos, and data from past programs and projects, as well as lab activities, experiments, lesson plans, software, and an online tutorial.
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