Table of Contents

Journal Cover
October 1987
Volume 64, Issue 10
Pages 821-904
About the Cover:

The levitating magnet on this month's cover has come to symbolize the seeming magic of high temperature superconductors. A series of articles that will help teachers dispel the magic with an even more interesting reality begins on page 836.

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Articles

On becoming scientifically literate

J. J. Lagowski
p 821
Publication Date: October 1987 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p821
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In this Issue

p 822
Publication Date: October 1987 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p822
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Academic women chemists in the 20th century: Past, present, projections

Nina Matheny Roscher and Margaret A. Cavanaugh
p 823
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p823

The chemist as teacher of history

J. J. Zuckerman
p 828
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p828

Chemical isolation

Manus Monroe
p 835
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p835

Superconductors: Better levitation through chemistry

Arthur B. Ellis
p 836
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p836

Three theories of superconductivity

F. A. Matsen
p 842
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p842

Preparation, iodometric analysis, and classroom demonstration of superconductivity in YBa2Cu3O8-x

Daniel C. Harris , Marian E. Hills and Terrell A. Hewston
p 847
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p847

From shadows to three dimensions: Stereographic images using Dreiding models and the Macintosh

Michael J. Strauss and Gordon Gribble
p 850
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p850

Levitating a magnet using a superconductive material

Frederick H. Juergens , Arthur B. Ellis , Gunther H. Dieckmann and Ronald I. Perkins
p 851
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p851

A simple demonstration of high Tc superconductive powder

Roger Baker and James C. Thompson
p 853
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p853

Genetic engineering: Or how to build a better (at least different) mousetrap

Charles E. Carraher and Deborah W. Siegmann
p 854
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p854

From revolution to evolution

Herman Mark
p 858
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p858

Polymers in caulking and sealant materials

van R. Foster
p 861
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p861

Polymer properties and testing definitions

Charles E. Carraher and Raymond B. Seymour
p 866
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p866

Polymers, polymers, everywhere!: A workshop for pre-high school teachers and students

Marie Sherman
p 868
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p868

Alchemy and philately

Gerard A. van Albada and James O. Schreck
p 869
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p869

Polymer glass transition temperatures

David R. Burfield
p 875
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p875

A computer exercise in chemical reaction engineering and applied kinetics

Tapio Salmi
p 876
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p876

Computer-assisted analysis of reaction rate data

W. David Chandler , Eric J. Lee and Donald G. Lee
p 878
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p878

The brief career of a prolific, pioneering physical organic chemist, Elliot Ritchie Alexander, Jr.

Paul Jones
p 882
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p882

Throw the crutches away! Let the students walk!

R. J. Tykodi
p 884
Publication Date: October 1987 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p884
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Outmoded terminology: The normal hydrogen electrode

R. W. Ramette
p 885
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p885

Classroom demonstrations of polymer principles. Part II. Polymer formation

F. Rodriguez , L. J. Mathias , J. Kroschwitz and C. E. Carraher
p 886
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p886

Converting sunlight to mechanical energy: A polymer example of entropy

Lon J. Mathias
p 889
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p889

Physical and chemical properties

Erwin Boschmann
p 891
Publication Date: October 1987 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p891.1

More electrolysis experiments for the overhead projector

Kenneth E. Kolb
p 891
Publication Date: October 1987 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p891.2

The 55 limit: A useful rule of thumb

Benjamin P. Ruekberg
p 892
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p892

Demonstrating the chemistry of air pollution

J. Leland Hollenberg , Edgar R. Stephens and James N. Pitts
p 893
Publication Date: October 1987 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p893

A convenient demonstration of combustion and explosion

Ariel E. Fenster , David N. Harpp and Joseph A. Schwarcz
p 894
Publication Date: October 1987 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p894.1

Modifications of some traditional demonstrations with liquids

Brian Stedjee
p 894
Publication Date: October 1987 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p894.2

Problem-solving laboratory exercises

Harold Wilson
p 895
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p895

Carbonated beverages and frozen stopcocks

J. Keith Butler
p 896
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p896

Plasticizers in PVC: A combined IR and GC approach

W. H. Chan
p 897
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p897

Preparation of cyclopentadiene from its dimer

Ronald S. Dickson , Bruce J. Dobney and Frank W. Eastwood
p 898
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p898

A project lab for an advanced general chemistry course featuring the amino acid, glycine

Emily P. Dudek
p 899
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p899

Naming inorganic compounds

Robert J. Lancashire
p 900
Publication Date: October 1987 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p900
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"Correct" methods for naming inorganic compounds

W. Conard Fernelius
p 901
Publication Date: October 1987 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p901
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Permission

Rubin Battino
p 903
Publication Date: October 1987 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p903
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Metal Complexes as Color Indicators for Solvent Parameters

Y. Y. Lim
p 904
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p904.1

To the Editor

R. Schmid and R. W. Soukup
p 904
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p904.2

Fourier transforms for chemists. Part 1. Introduction to the Fourier transform

L. Glasser
p A228
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064pA228

Hazards in a photography lab: A cyanide incident case study

Cliff Houk and Charles Hart
p A234
Publication Date: October 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064pA234

Scholastic pfs: File and physical Science Data bases for pfs: File (McLeod, R.; Hunter, B.)

Dennis A. Johnson
p A248
Publication Date: October 1987 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064pA248.1
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Asymmetric Synthesis: Construction of Chiral Molecules Using Amino Acids (Coopola, Gary M.; Schuster, Herbert F.)

K. Darrell Berlin
p A248
Publication Date: October 1987 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064pA248.2
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Symmetry through the Eyes of a Chemist (Hargittai, Istvan; Hargittai, Magdolna)

George B. Kauffman
p A249
Publication Date: October 1987 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064pA249
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