Journal of Chemical Education: Volume 62, Issue 12 (ACS Publications and Division of Chemical Education)

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December 1985

Volume 62, Issue 12

Pages 1039-1126

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A variety of stamps from around the world that deal with chemistry are identified and discussed in the first article of a new feature, Chemistry on Stamps that begins on page 1041.

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The state of chemical science

J. J. Lagowski

p 1039

Publication Date: December 1985 (Editorial)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1039

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Introduction to Chemistry on Stamps

James O. Schreck and C. Marvin Lang

p 1041

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1041

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Introduction to the Forensic Chemistry Collection

Henry E. Outlaw and Keith Berry

p 1043

Publication Date: December 1985 (Report)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1043.1

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Forensic chemistry: An introduction to the profession

Keith Berry and George G. Ishii

p 1043

Publication Date: December 1985 (Report)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1043.2

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The literature of forensic science

Keith O. Berry

p 1044

Publication Date: December 1985 (Report)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1044

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In-service training programs in the forensic sciences

K. Dale Livingston

p 1046

Publication Date: December 1985 (Report)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1046

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Chemistry and crime: A laboratory-based forensic science techniques course as an alternative to a natural science requirement

E. J. Nienhouse

p 1047

Publication Date: December 1985 (Report)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1047

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The toxicology laboratory: An application of forensic chemistry

Vidmantas Raisys

p 1050

Publication Date: December 1985 (Report)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1050

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Research directions in forensic chemistry

G. F. Sensabaugh

p 1051

Publication Date: December 1985 (Report)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1051

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Undergraduate education in forensic science and chemistry

Peter J. Desio , R. E. Gaensslen and Henry C. Lee

p 1053

Publication Date: December 1985 (Report)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1053

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Chemistry and the FBI

Thomas O. Munson and Linda C. Davidson

p 1054

Publication Date: December 1985 (Report)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1054

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A cooperative education program in forensic chemistry

Geoffrey Davies and Kathleen M. Higgins

p 1057

Publication Date: December 1985 (Report)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1057

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Instrumentation and analytical methodology in forensic science

R. E. Gaensslen , Thomas A. Kubic , Peter J. Desio and Henry C. Lee

p 1058

Publication Date: December 1985 (Report)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1058

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Focus on forensic experiments

Keith O. Berry

p 1060

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1060

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Chemistry and the courtroom: A chemical inference from missing evidence in a personal injury case

James B. Ellern

p 1064

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1064

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The Garvan women

Molly Gleiser

p 1065

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1065

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An easily constructed model of twin hexahedral cones having a common hexagonal plane

Shukichi Yamana

p 1068

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1068

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Professional education in the sandbox: Hazard, perceived risk, acceptable risk

George F. Atkinson

p 1070

Publication Date: December 1985 (Commentary)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1070

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Let's keep chemistry out of kindergarten

Henry A. Bent

p 1071

Publication Date: December 1985 (Commentary)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1071

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Pearl essences: A specialty chemical product

Yoshio Morita

p 1072

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1072

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Use of the "cubic snake" as a molecular model

Chaim Gilon

p 1074

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1074

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Chemistry of polymers, proteins, and nucleic acids: A short course on macromolecules for secondary schools

Ilan Lulav and David Samuel

p 1075

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1075

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An inexpensive molecular model

Meredith Brickley and R. A. Silva

p 1077

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1077

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Polymer principles for the chemical engineering curriculum

Polymer Core Course Committee

p 1079

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1079

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The molecular structure conundrum

R. G. Woolley

p 1082

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1082

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Stereoscopic projection in organic chemistry: Bridging the gap between two and three dimensions

Arlene A. Rozzelle and Stuart M. Rosenfeld

p 1084

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1084

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Molarity (atomic density) of the elements as pure crystals

Linus Pauling and Zelek S. Herman

p 1086

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1086

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An easily constructed cuboctahedron model

Shukichi Yamana

p 1088

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1088

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Molecular size and Raoult's Law

Jeffrey Kovac

p 1090

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1090

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Production of scientific visual aids using only a photocopier

John H. Bedenbaugh and Angela O. Bedenbaugh

p 1092

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1092

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Musical mechanisms

Peter Jones

p 1093

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1093

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Student use of computers for solving problems: Tools or crutches?

Richard Cornelius , Daniel Cabrol and Claude Cachet

p 1094

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1094

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Alternative films for making presentation slides for the occasional user

Harold R. Hunt Jr.

p 1097

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1097

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The language gap: Common words with technical meanings

Janet N. Ryan

p 1098

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1098

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Chemistry for the public: "The magic of chemistry"

Ariel E. Fenster , David N. Harpp and Joseph A. Schwarcz

p 1100

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1100

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Modern instrumental techniques: The battle of acronyms

Thomas S. Cantrell

p 1101

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1101

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Chemical dominos: How NOT to get lost in the shuffle

James M. Garrett

p 1102

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1102

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Puzzles for teaching descriptive chemistry. Metals

Mildred H. Evans

p 1103

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1103

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Poster presentations for evaluating laboratory coursework

John H. Kennedy

p 1104

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1104

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Lecture demonstration accidents from which we can learn

George M. Bodner

p 1105

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1105

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Two visually stimulating general chemistry demonstrations

Paul B. Kelter and David J. Crouse

p 1108

Publication Date: December 1985 (Demo)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1108

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Countercurrent extraction of ink: A demonstration of the chromatographic mechanism

Clark E. Bricker and Gregory T. Sloop

p 1109

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1109

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Normal-phase open column versus reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography: Separation of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b from their diastereomers

Peter M. Schaber

p 1110

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1110

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Puzzles for teaching descriptive chemistry. Nonmetals

Mildred H. Evans

p 1113

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1113

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Microscale organic laboratory: III: A simple procedure for carrying out ultra-micro boiling point determinations

Dana W. Mayo , Ronald M. Pike , Samuel S. Butcher and Marcia L. Meredith

p 1114

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1114

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Observations upon the unified force operation

D. A. Mathewes and Harvey Pooka

p 1115

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1115

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And the winner is . . . A multistep synthesis for the introductory organic course

Samuel S. Stradling and Clarke L. Gage

p 1116

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1116

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Heterocycles and reactive intermediates in the undergraduate organic lab

K. Dean Bowles , David Quincy , Brenda Mallet , John I. McKenna and N. R. Natale

p 1118

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1118

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Effect of cationic micelles on the hydrolysis of 4-nitrophenyl acetate

Elvira Rodenas and Soledad Vera

p 1120

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1120

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More refined experiments with hemoglobin

Philippe Morin

p 1122

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1122

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Carbonic anhydrase catalysis: An experiment on enzyme kinetics

Greg T. Spyridis , J. E. Meany and Y. Pocker

p 1124

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1124

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Drying silica gel in a microwave oven

J. S. S. Gray and J. M. Brand

p 1125

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1125

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An acrostic for chemistry teachers

p 1126

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062p1126

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Safety in academic departments with graduate and undergraduate programs

John A. Landgrebe

p A310

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062pA310

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Chemical Principles, Sixth Edition (Masterton, William L.; Slowinski, Emil J.; Stanitski, Conrad L.)

T. W. Sottery

p A325

Publication Date: December 1985 (Book and Media Review)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062pA325

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Chemistry, Experiments and Theory (Segal, Bernice G.)

Robert W. Suter

p A326

Publication Date: December 1985 (Book and Media Review)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062pA326.1

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Chemistry in the Modern World (Wiseman, Frank L.)

Lawrence J. Stephens

p A326

Publication Date: December 1985 (Book and Media Review)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062pA326.2

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Energy and Problems of a Technical Society (Kraushaar, Jack J.; Ristinen, Robert A.)

John W. Hill

p A327

Publication Date: December 1985 (Article)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062pA327.1

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Lavoisier and the Chemistry of Life: An Exploration of Scientific Creativity (Holmes, Frederic Lawrence)

George B. Kauffman

p A327

Publication Date: December 1985 (Book and Media Review)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062pA327.2

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Stereo Transparencies Crystal Structures (Harsch, G.; Schmidt, R.)

p A328

Publication Date: December 1985 (Book and Media Review)

DOI: 10.1021/ed062pA328

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