Table of Contents

Journal Cover
February 1986
Volume 63, Issue 2
Pages 95-186
About the Cover:

This month's cover shows eight density gradient tubes, each illustrating a different aspect of acid-base or transition metal chemistry. See the article by Guenther beginning on page 148 for a key to the specific reactions as well as direction for making these interesting classroom displays.

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The educational continuum: Trends in secondary education

J. J. Lagowski
p 95
Publication Date: February 1986 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p95
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The evolution of free radical chemistry at Chicago

Frank R. Mayo
p 97
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p97

The development of free radical chemistry

Cheves Walling
p 99
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p99

Conservation of mass: Fact or fiction?

Richard S. Treptow
p 103
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p103

The Tao of chemistry

E. R. Scerri
p 106
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p106

Thermodynamics and reactions in the dry way

Ralph J. Tykodi
p 107
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p107

Explaining activity coefficients and standard states in the undergraduate physical chemistry course

A. Fanelli
p 112
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p112

Reactions involving a prior equilibrium

S. A. Chimatadar and J. R. Raju
p 114
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p114

Subtleties of phenomena involving ice-water equilibria

Leon F. Loucks
p 115
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p115

Equilibrium distribution functions: Another look

Boyd A. Waite
p 117
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p117

Textbook axiom: Bigger isn't always better

Sheldon H. Cohen
p 120
Publication Date: February 1986 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p120
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Feasibility of complexometric back-titrations

Carlo Macca and Mario Fiorani
p 121
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p121

A continuous quantitative relationship between bond length, bond order, and electronegativity for homo and heteronuclear bonds

Lyle Peter
p 123
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p123

Analogies for Avogadro's number

Paul S. Poskozim , James W. Wazorick , Permsook Tiempetpaisal and Joyce Albin Poskozim
p 125
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p125

Empirical NMR chemical shift correlation's for methine protons

Edwin C. Friedrich and Katherine Gates Runkle
p 127
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p127

Pierre Duhem and the history of philosophy of science

Robert P. Rooney
p 129
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p129

A different kind of language: Prolog, programming in logic

D. Cabrol and T. P. Forrest
p 131
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p131

Why teach chemistry with computers?

Paul A. Cauchon
p 136
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p136.1

Why I teach computer science to chemistry students

G. Scott Owen
p 136
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p136.2

Why don't I teach in a "good" school

John Clevenger
p 138
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p138

Reflections on the emphasis of communication skills in the undergraduate chemistry curriculum

T. C. Werner
p 140
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p140

A call for a general chemistry subcommittee

Fred H. Walters
p 141
Publication Date: February 1986 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p141
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Chemistry for art and communication students

Zafra Margolin Lerman
p 142
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p142

"D.SEA": An environmental research program for undergraduates

Margareta Sequin and Sherry L. Volk
p 144
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p144

Unit basis a neglected problem-solving technique

George J. Beichl
p 146
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p146

Density gradient columns for chemical displays

William B. Guenther
p 148
Publication Date: February 1986 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p148

Comment on free energy and equilibrium: The basis of G0 = -RT ln K for reactions in solution

William E. Acree
p 150
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p150

Flames: A demonstration lecture for young students and general audiences

Henry A. Bent
p 151
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p151

High-efficiency dilution method of sulfuric acid prepared directly in stock bottle with cooler and stirrer

Osamu Nara
p 155
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p155

A convenient synthesis of alpha, beta-butenolide: An organic chemistry laboratory experiment

S. T. Vijayaraghavan and T. R. Balasubramanian
p 156
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p156

Preparation of potassium hydrogen maleate

Thomas Rees
p 157
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p157

Capillary tube flame test

John H. Boueher
p 158
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p158

The feasibility of using hydrogen peroxide decomposition studies for high school chemistry

Gillian E. Carter
p 159
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p159

Reduction of cyclohexanone with sodium borohydride in aqueous alkaline solution: a beginning organic chemistry experiment

Norman J. Hudak and Anne H. Sholes
p 161
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p161

Novel approach to Job's method: An undergraduate experiment

Zachary D. Hill and Patrick MacCarthy
p 162
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p162

Inexpensive Magnetic Sample Holder for Infrared Spectroscopy

Toon C. Cheam
p 167
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p167

Kerosene/water/2,4-dinitrophenol: A system for demonstrating the principles of liquid-liquid extraction in a rotary extractor

Derek. Whyman
p 168
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p168

Construction of a temperature-composition diagram of a binary mixture: An organic chemistry laboratory experiment

Patricia C. Thorstenson
p 170
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p170

The preparation and reactions of phenyl-substituted pyrylium and pyridinium salts: Nucleophilic substitution of an amino group by pyridine

Radi Awartani , Kumars Sakizadeh and Bjarne Gabrielsen
p 172
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p172

Starting recalcitrant Grignard reactions

S. Clough , E. Goldman , S. Williams and B. George
p 176
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p176

The determination of calcium in dietary supplement tablets by ion exchange: A freshman laboratory experiment

Mark L. Dietz
p 177
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p177

Prompt gamma activation analysis of hydrogen

Daniel M. Downey and Thomas Arthur Sandy
p 178
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p178

The protolysis of singlet excited beta-naphthol: A two-day laboratory experiment to introduce photophysics

Jan van Stam and Jan-Erik Lofroth
p 181
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p181

A simple photochemical experiment for the advanced laboratory

Stuart M. Rosenfeld
p 184
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p184

Fiber tip pen holder for NMR spectroscopy

Gene A. Hiegel
p 185
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p185

A further trivia question

William L. Jolly
p 186
Publication Date: February 1986 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p186.1
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2-Butanol safety warning

Richard R. Doyle
p 186
Publication Date: February 1986 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p186.2
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Sulfur origins

Farrokh M. Z. Farhan
p 186
Publication Date: February 1986 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p186.3
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Factor-label: Another view

Joseph T. Maloy
p 186
Publication Date: February 1986 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063p186.4
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A comparison of the Apple Macintosh and IBM PC in laboratory applications

Ron Williams
p A34
Publication Date: February 1986 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed063pA34
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