Table of Contents

Journal Cover
December 1979
Volume 56, Issue 12
Pages 769-838
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The discovery of nuclear fission has had more impact on our everyday lives than just about any other scientific discovery this century. On our cover this month are some of the people who were responsible for that discovery along with the apparatus they used.

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Articles

A question of balance

J. J. Lagowski
p 769
Publication Date: December 1979 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p769
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In this Issue

p 770
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p770

The detours leading to the discovery of nuclear fission

Kurt Starke
p 771
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p771

Computer-aided instruction with microcomputers. Part 1: Systems and applications

John Moore , George Gerhold , G. L. Breneman , G. Scott Owen , William Butler , Stanley G. Smith and Mark L. Lyndrup
p 776
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p776

More CAI programs

G. L. Breneman
p 783
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p783

Evaluation of cation hydrolysis schemes with a pocket calculator

Brian W. Clare
p 784
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p784

Chemistry tutorial programs on display terminals

M. Heit , W. E. Jones and John Wasson
p 787
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p787

On the nature of cyanide poisoning

Dominick A. Labianca
p 788
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p788

The du Ponts and the Lavoisiers: A bit of untold history, with an accent on America

Sidney J. French
p 791
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p791

Early laboratory instruction

Ferenc Szabadväry
p 794
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p794.1

Seventy-five years in chemistry: Dr. E. Emmett Reid

Alice D. A. Fay
p 794
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p794.2

Classification of solvents according to interaction mechanisms

Wasi Ahmed
p 795
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p795

An application of Gagne's principles of instructional design: Teaching the limiting-reactant problem

Ardas Ozsogomonyan
p 799
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p799

The determination of entropies of adsorption by gas-solid chromatography

Dianne Atkinson and Geoffrey Curthoys
p 802
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p802

Otto M. Smith - A tribute

Theo A. Ashford
p 804
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p804

The singly protonated structure of thiamine: Basicity of the heterocyclic nitrogen versus NH2 nitrogen

Bhinyo Panijpan
p 805
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p805

A rapid method for estimating NMR shifts for protons attached to carbon

J. A. D. Jefferys
p 806
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p806

Two HPLC experiments for instrumental analysis laboratory

James E. Byrd
p 809
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p809

Two for the price of one

Harold Wittcoff
p 810
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p810

Errata

p 812
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p812

The ACS-NSTA chemistry achievement exam - Beyond test results

Dorothy L. Gabel and Robert D. Sherwood
p 813
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p813

Strong and weak acids and bases

Joseph C. Deck
p 814
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p814

Arsenic and old myths

Mickey Sarquis
p 815
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p815

High school chemistry for the "general student" in the 80's

Douglas A. Halsted
p 819
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p819

Balloon balance thermometer: A lecture demonstration of Charles' Law

G. D. Carney and C. W. Kern
p 823
Publication Date: December 1979 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p823

A permanganate test for unsaturated fats using phase transfer catalysis

John W. Hill and Thomas C. Boyd
p 824
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p824.1

Significant digits: Numbers and their logarithms

H. Lawrence Clever
p 824
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p824.2

Chemistry without a cookbook: An effective alternative

Leroy G. Wade Jr.
p 825
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p825

Student independent projects and experimental choices in a structured biochemistry laboratory course

Lance E. Jackman
p 827
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p827

An individualized "research" approach to the general chemistry laboratory

Richard L. Stein
p 828
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p828

A transition from a traditional to a project-like physical chemistry laboratory via heterogeneous catalysis study

M. R. Goldwasser and O. Leal
p 829
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p829

Drugs in the chemistry laboratory: The conversion of acetaminophen into phenacetin

Eugene J. Volker , Ernest Pride and Charles Hough
p 831
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p831

Kinetics of carboxylesterase: An experiment for biochemistry and physical chemistry laboratory

C. S. Nichols and T. H. Cromartie
p 832
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p832

Thin layer chromatographic separation of common analgesics-a comment

D. F. Roswell and N. M. Zaczek
p 834
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p834

An inexpensive Faraday balance to study the effect of strong magnetic fields on reaction rates

M. Hyman and M. W. Rowe
p 835
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p835

An improved dielectric constant cell for use in student and research laboratories

H. Bradford Thompson and Judith A. Walmsley
p 837
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p837

The preparation of capillary tubes for the study of the critical state of carbon dioxide

M. S. Banna and R. D. Mathews
p 838
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056p838

A chemical laboratory safety audit

Arthur R. Reich and L. E. Harris
p A371
Publication Date: December 1979 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056pA371

Analytical chemistry (Pietrzyk, Donald J.; Frank, Clyde W.)

Wayne C. Wolsey
p A379
Publication Date: December 1979 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056pA379.1
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An introduction to organic chemistry (Carnduff, J.)

Shelton Bank
p A379
Publication Date: December 1979 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056pA379.2
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Experimental organic chemistry (Todd, David)

Wilmer K. Fife
p A380
Publication Date: December 1979 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056pA380.1
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Physical chemistry laboratory: Principles and experiments (Salzberg, Hugh W.; Morrow, Jack, I.; Cohen, Stephen R.; Green, Michael E., ed.s)

H. Lawrence Clever
p A380
Publication Date: December 1979 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056pA380.2
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Group theory made easy for scientists and engineering (Swamy, Nyayapathi V. V. J.; Samuel, Mark A.)

Bodie Douglas
p A380
Publication Date: December 1979 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056pA380.3
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Computer-assisted studies of chemical structure and biological function (Stuper, Andrew J.; Brugger, William E.; Jurs, Peter C.)

Wayne K. Anderson
p A380
Publication Date: December 1979 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056pA380.4
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Secondary metabolism (Mann, J., ed.)

Martha J. Gilleland
p A382
Publication Date: December 1979 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056pA382.1
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An introduction to enzyme chemistry (Leadlay, P. F.)

William L. Haag
p A382
Publication Date: December 1979 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056pA382.2
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Guide to basic information sources in chemistry (Antony, Arthur)

Carol A. Drum
p A382
Publication Date: December 1979 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056pA382.3
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How to write and publish a scientific paper (Day, Robert A.)

John F. Garst
p A382
Publication Date: December 1979 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed056pA382.4
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