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Hydrogen over helium: A philosophical position 氢比氦更重要哲学立场

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-023-09496-5

René Vernon

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Editorial 76 编辑 76

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-024-09505-1

Eric R. Scerri

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Ethics of the future of chemical sciences 未来化学科学的伦理

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2024-04-15 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-024-09500-6

José Antonio Chamizo, Gustavo Ortiz-Millán

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Interaction, interpretation and representation: the construction and dissemination of chemical knowledge from a Peircean semiotics perspective 互动、解释和表征：从皮尔海符号学角度看化学知识的构建和传播

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2024-04-15 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-024-09506-0

Karina Aparecida de Freitas Dias de Souza, Paulo Alves Porto

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Test case for perspectivism: incompatible models in quantum chemistry 视角主义测试案例：量子化学中的不兼容模型

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2024-03-28 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-024-09502-4

Hernan Lucas Accorinti, Juan Camilo Martínez González

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Introducing UV–visible spectroscopy at high school level following the historical evolution of spectroscopic instruments: a proposal for chemistry teachers 根据光谱仪器的历史演变在高中阶段引入紫外可见光谱学：给化学教师的建议

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2024-03-16 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-024-09501-5

Maria Antonietta Carpentieri, Valentina Domenici

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Measuring ecologically sound practice in the chemical industry 衡量化工行业的无害生态做法

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2024-03-11 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-023-09499-2

Michèle Friend

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What is a mathematician doing…in a chemistry class? 一个数学家......在化学课上干什么？

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2024-02-04 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-023-09497-4

Ernesto Estrada

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Relating screening to atomic properties and electronegativity in the Slater atom 斯莱特原子的屏蔽与原子特性和电负性的关系

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2023-12-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-023-09492-9

Balakrishnan Viswanathan, M. Shajahan Gulam Razul

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Electronegativity as a new case for emergence and a new problem for reductionism 电负性是出现的新案例和还原论的新问题

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Foundations of Chemistry Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.1007/s10698-023-09494-7

Monte Cairns

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