Table of Contents

Journal Cover
September 1977
Volume 54, Issue 9
Pages 521-588
About the Cover:

Robert W. Parry, of the University of Utah is recipient of the 1977 American Chemical Society Award in Chemical Education. Professor Parry is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Chemical Society and Chairman of the Board Committee on Publications. He also is a past Chairman of the Division of Chemical Education, the founding editor of the Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, former Chairman of the Board of Publications of this Journal, co-editor of a widely-used secondary school chemistry text and holder of the American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry. Bob Parry is a dedicated and unfailing friend of chemical education, and an effective and perceptive spokesman and administrator for its causes. This paper is a condensation of his Award address given at the New Orleans meeting of the American Chemical Society in March of this year.

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Articles

A Philosopher's Stone for the 20th Century

W. T. Lippincott
p 521
Publication Date: September 1977 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p521
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Who pays the piper?

Robert W. Parry
p 522
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p522

The Preparation and Properties of Oxygen

William B. Jensen
p 525
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p525

Science research in the high school: An impossible dream?

Sidney P. Harris
p 526
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p526

Rydberg-Schuster law and the analysis of atomic spectra

Ian Love
p 529
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p529

Equations of electromagnetism from CGS to SI

T. Cvitas and N. Kallay
p 530
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p530

Back-of-the-envelope molecular orbital "calculations". Using bond orbitals and group theory

Robert B. Davidson
p 531
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p531

Species in layers, cavities and channels (or trapped species)

J. Eric D. Davies
p 536
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p536

Ionic hydration enthalpies

Derek W. Smith
p 540
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p540

Versatile pen-holder for chart recorders

Henry J. Nieschlag
p 542
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p542

But if atoms are so tiny...

Doris Kolb
p 543
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p543

Simple glass connector for Teflon tubing

John I. Peterson and William R. Dehn
p 547
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p547

Quality levels and the Brønsted theory

Evelyn Bank
p 548
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p548

Pre-vacation experiment: The effect of temperature and torsion on the structure of a saccharide

Linda Kay Ford
p 550
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p550.1

An aid to teaching weak acids and bases

David E. B. Kennedy
p 550
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p550.2

Emphasis on elements

J. Chem. Educ. Staff
p 551
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p551

The burning sugar cube

Douglas D. Smith
p 552
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p552.1

Flying circus

Douglas D. Smith
p 552
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p552.2

Growing salt crystals

Douglas D. Smith
p 552
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p552.3

pH of hair shampoos. A topical high school experiment

John J. Griffin , Robert F. Corcoran and Kenn K. Akana
p 553
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p553

Simple calculation of the lattice energy of lithium hydride

Frank Rioux
p 555
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p555

Water dipping kinetics. A physical analog for chemical kinetics

James P. Birk and S. Kay Gunter
p 557
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p557

SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. A simple explanation of why it works

Jisnuson Svasti and Bhinyo Panijpan
p 560
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p560

International baccalaureate chemistry

Alan Honeyman and Thomas Szell
p 562
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p562

Why did Adolf Baeyer propose a planar, strained cyclohexane ring?

O. Bertrand Ramsay
p 563
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p563.1

Louis Pasteur as seen by his nephew and assistant Adrien Loir

Marie-Louise Hemphill
p 563
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p563.2

Procedures to expedite column chromatographic separations

Ernest A. Dorko and William W. Baker
p 564
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p564

Research as a vital element in the undergraduate college

Jack W. Powers and David G. Black Jr.
p 565
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p565

Undergraduate research in chemistry. A liberal arts subject

George Sanzone
p 566
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p566

Functionality number. A new focus on an advanced organic chemistry course

Miguel E. Alonso
p 568
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p568

Organic macromolecular chemistry. An interim course

R. P. Quirk
p 570
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p570

Synthesis in an integrated curriculum

Claude H. Yoder
p 572
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p572

Inexpensive laboratory flood control and alarm device

A. Carlson and C. M. Criss
p 573
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p573

Keller plan grade distribution without the Keller plan. Resurrection of the lecture?

Lon J. VanWinkle
p 574
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p574

Resistivity measurements

Charles E. Carraher Jr.
p 576
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p576

The use of an Eskimo yo-yo to demonstrate circular dichroism and optical rotation

Clifton E. Meloan and Dennis Gere
p 577
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p577.1

Automatic potentiometric titrations

Chester A. Pinkham and Brownlee Field
p 577
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p577.2

Preparation and application of carrier-free 212Pb in a radiochemical teaching laboratory

E. Broda and T. Schönfeld
p 577
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p577.3

A teaching analogy to catalyze understanding of energy-rich organic phosphates

Robert E. Kuttner
p 577
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p577.4

An organic lab practical in library resources

John F. Rosen and Deborah Meeder Nycz
p 578
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p578.1

Compact compact

Gregory V. Nelson
p 578
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p578.2

On significant figures

Patrick MacCarthy
p 578
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p578.3

A readily made simulated optical spectrum for an overhead projector

Colin J. Rix and Keith A. Phillips
p 579
Publication Date: September 1977 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p579

Synthesis and characterization of a macrocyclic nickel complex. An experiment to conclude an advanced inorganic or analytical course

Philip H. Merrell , F. L. Urbach and Michael Arnold
p 580
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p580

Differential thermal analysis system for the teaching laboratory

Edward G. Malawer and Eric R. Allen
p 582
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p582

Analysis of "industrial waste." A quantitative laboratory project

Donald R. Marshall , Noel L. Owen and Allan E. Underhill
p 584
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p584

Spectrophotometric assay of polyphenoloxidase activity. A special project in enzyme characterization

Rodney F. Boyer
p 585
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p585

Different experiment on chemical composition

Norman Wells and Erwin Boschmann
p 586
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p586

Perturbations and extrapolations

Wendell H. Slabaugh
p 587
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p587

Project lab - A call for expressions of interest

Thomas H. Crawford and Joseph C. Deck
p 588
Publication Date: September 1977 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p588.1
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Correction to equation of state calculations

R. W. Missen
p 588
Publication Date: September 1977 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p588.2
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Correction to equation of state calculations (the author replies)

M. K. Kemp
p 588
Publication Date: September 1977 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054p588.3
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XCIV. Dye laser instrumentation [part one]

Robert B. Green
p A365
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054pA365

The Joy of Chemistry (Cherim, Stanley; Kallan, Leo E.)

Alan C. Wright
p A385
Publication Date: September 1977 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054pA385.1
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General Chemistry. 5th Edition

T. Cassen
p A385
Publication Date: September 1977 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054pA385.2

College Chemistry with Qualitative Analysis. 5th Edition (Nebergall, William H.; Schmidt, Frederic C.; Holtzclaw, Henry F.)

T. Cassen
p A385
Publication Date: September 1977 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054pA385.3
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Problem Solving for Chemistry (Peters, Edward I.)

Jeffrey A. Hurlbut
p A386
Publication Date: September 1977 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054pA386.1
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Physical Science with Modern Applications (Merken, Melvin)

John W. Alcock
p A386
Publication Date: September 1977 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054pA386.2
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Biochemistry. 2nd Edition (Lehninger, Albert L.)

James H. Hageman
p A386
Publication Date: September 1977 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054pA386.3
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Energy Basis for Man and Nature (Odum, Howard T.; Odum, Elisabeth)

Edward A. Walters
p A390
Publication Date: September 1977 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054pA390
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Fortran IV in Chemistry. An Introduction to Computer-Assisted Methods (Beech, G.)

K. Jeffrey Johnson
p A391
Publication Date: September 1977 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054pA391.1
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Thermodynamics (Gokcen, N. A.)

H. Lawrence Clever
p A391
Publication Date: September 1977 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054pA391.2
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Quantum Theory of the Chemical Bond (Hameka, H. F.)

George S. Handler
p A392
Publication Date: September 1977 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054pA392.1
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Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards (Bretherick, L.)

Malcolm M. Renfrew
p A392
Publication Date: September 1977 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed054pA392.2
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