The Electromotive Series and Other Non-Absolute Scales

• Gavin D. Peckham ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Zululand

     University of Zululand

     uMhlathuze, Sudáfrica

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 75, Nº 1 (January), 1998, págs. 49-50
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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.