Table of Contents

Journal Cover
December 1987
Volume 64, Issue 12
Pages 989-1070
About the Cover:

The electrodeposited dendritic silver structure on this month's cover displays the same structure as computer-generated fractals. Ligon (page 1053) gives instructions for growing these beautiful structures.

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Articles

Computing, chemistry, and education

J. J. Lagowski
p 989
Publication Date: December 1987 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p989
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In this Issue

p 990
Publication Date: December 1987 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p990
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Who is teaching the history of chemistry?

Kenneth G. Everett and Will S. DeLoach
p 991
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p991

A chemical interpretation of alchemy

John C. Schroeder
p 994
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p994

Radiationless relaxation and red wine

Hugh D. Burrows and A. Correia Cardoso
p 995
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p995

Writing across the curriculum: Chemistry lab reports

Lois C. Rosenthal
p 996
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p996

Two fundamental constants

Ian J. McNaught and Gavin D. Peckham
p 999
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p999

The collision theory and an American tradition

Lee A. Krug
p 1000
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1000

Color classification of coordination compounds

Laurence Poncini and Franz L. Wimmer
p 1001
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1001

Comment on the equilibrium assumption in chemical kinetics

Alejandro C. Olivieri
p 1002
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1002

Structural theories applied to taste chemistry

Tseng Kuang-chih and He Hua-zhong
p 1003
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1003

Good numerical technique in chemistry: The quadratic equation

H. Bradford Thompson
p 1009
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1009

A new road to reactions. Part 5. The elements and their atoms

Wobbe de Vos and Adri H. Verdonk
p 1010
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1010

Sherlockian distillates

Charles G. Inman
p 1014
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1014

A quiz on stereochemistry

Abhik Ghosh
p 1015
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1015

Chemical oscillations: A microcomputer-controlled experiment

Patricia Aroca and Ricardo Aroca
p 1017
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1017.1

The computer bulletin board: A new feature column

Russell H. Batt
p 1017
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1017.2

A colorimetric titration experiment with laser excitation and computer-interfaced endpoint detection

Manish A. Mehta and Richard F. Dallinger
p 1019
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1019

Electrochemistry demonstrations with an overhead projector

Charles R. Ward and Thomas J. Greenbowe
p 1021
Publication Date: December 1987 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1021

When oil and water do not mix

Gary L. Trammell
p 1022
Publication Date: December 1987 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1022

Two working models for the SN2 mechanism

Martin M. Anderson
p 1023
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1023

Molecular vibration demonstrations

George Turrell and Robert Demol
p 1025
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1025

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids: Testing for toxic constituents of comfrey

John J. Vollmer , Noemi C. Steiner , Gitte Y. Larsen , Krista M. Muirhead and Russell J. Molyneux
p 1027
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1027

A suggestion for a convenient new SI prefix

Cherylann Schieher and Frederick R. Longo
p 1030
Publication Date: December 1987 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1030
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Reversible activators of enzymes

John F. Sebastian
p 1031
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1031

An easily constructed model of a coordination polyhedron that represents the hexagonal closest packed structure

Shukichi Yamana
p 1033
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1033

An astonishingly easy method for determining R and S for Fischer projections

Benjamin P. Ruekberg
p 1034
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1034

Molecular structure and chirality

David J. Brand and Jed Fisher
p 1035
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1035

Thermochemistry, dilithium crystals, and Star Trek

Reggie L. Hudson
p 1039
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1039

An easily constructed model of a coordination polyhedron that represents the cubic closest packed structure

Shukichi Yamana
p 1040
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1040

The mounting of stereo slides for projecting molecular models

H. J. G. Hayman
p 1041
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1041

Drawing enantiomers the easy way

Howard E. Dunn
p 1042
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1042

Far from equilibrium: The flashback oscillator

Leonard J. Soltzberg , Michel M. Boucher , Dawn M. Cane and Stacey S. Pazar
p 1043
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1043

Playing with a match. Free fall and fire: An introduction to physical thought

Henry A. Bent
p 1047
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1047

Establishment of a regional high school instrumentation center at Western Illinois University

Donald M. Baird and Janos Szamosi
p 1051
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1051

An inexpensive device for projecting, measuring, and moving gas

Richard Wojt
p 1052
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1052

Fractal structures obtained by electrodeposition of silver at an air-water interface

Woodfin V. Ligon
p 1053
Publication Date: December 1987 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1053.1

Musical molecular weights revisited

Frederick B. Augustine
p 1053
Publication Date: December 1987 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1053.2

Oven drying of volumetric glassware

David R. Burfield and Glenn Hefter
p 1054
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1054

Determination of impurities in whiskey using internal standard techniques: A GC experiment for quantitative analysis

Gary W. Riee
p 1055
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1055

Determination of iron in a bar of soap

M. A. Grompone
p 1057
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1057

The stability of potassium permanganate solutions

Thomas Rees
p 1058
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1058

Determination of methanol in gasoline by gas chromatography: A laboratory experiment

Stanford L. Tackett
p 1059
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1059

Heat of vaporization of nitrogen

Peter Hamlet
p 1060
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1060

A synthesis of chrysanthemic ester: An undergraduate experiment

Lawrence F. Kelly
p 1061
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1061

A convenient synthesis of aspartame

Gunnar Lindeberg
p 1062
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1062

Analysis of aspartame and its hydrolysis products by thin-layer chromatography

Alfred R. Conklin
p 1065
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1065

Longer lasting TLC spots developed with iodine vapors

Nitin Maheshwari and H. G. Krishnamurty
p 1066
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1066

Correct equilibrium constants for water

W. George Baldwin and C. Eugene Burchill
p 1067
Publication Date: December 1987 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1067
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Correct equilibrium constants for water (the authors reply)

Ronald Starkey , Jack Norman and Mark Hinitze
p 1068
Publication Date: December 1987 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1068.1
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Significance and precision

A. V. Hartkopf
p 1068
Publication Date: December 1987 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1068.2
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Significance and precision (the author replies)

H. S. Peiser
p 1068
Publication Date: December 1987 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1068.3
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Dorothy Wrinch and the structure of proteins

R. Bruce Martin
p 1069
Publication Date: December 1987 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1069.1
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Le Châtelier - Right or wrong?

Gustavo Quintero B.
p 1069
Publication Date: December 1987 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1069.2
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Le Châtelier - Right or wrong? (the author replies)

F. G. Helfforich
p 1069
Publication Date: December 1987 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1069.3
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New stoichiometry for copper dissolution in nitric acid

William D Hill
p 1069
Publication Date: December 1987 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1069.4
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New stoichiometry for copper dissolution in nitric acid (the authors reply)

F. M. El-Chelkh , S. A. Khalil , M. A. Ei-Manguch and H. A. Omar
p 1070
Publication Date: December 1987 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1070.1
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The Heisenberg uncertainty principle: An application to the shell structure of atoms and orbit descriptions of molecules

Richard D. Hartcourt
p 1070
Publication Date: December 1987 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064p1070.2
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Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Part III. Applications

W. D. Perkins
p A296
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064pA296

Fourier transforms for chemists. Part 3. Fourier transforms in data treatment

L. Glasser
p A306
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064pA306

Laboratory HVAC systems: A troika

Earl L. Walls
p A314
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064pA314

ENZPACK, Review I - Apple version (Williams, P. A.)

C. F. Hosler
p A326
Publication Date: December 1987 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064pA326
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ENZPACK, Review II - IBM PC version (Williams, P. A.)

Seth Magot
p A327
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064pA327.1

General, Organic and Biological Chemistry, Study Guide and Solutions Manual (Feigl, Dorothy M.; Hill, John W.)

R. Craig Taylor
p A327
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064pA327.2

Quantitative Chemical Analysis (Manahan, Stanley E.)

Frank A. Guthrie
p A328
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064pA328.1

Potentially Carcinogenic Chemicals, Information and Disposal Guide (Armour, M. A.; Bacovsky, R. A.; Browne, L. M.; McKenzie, P. A.; Renecker, D. M.)

Blaine E. McKusick
p A328
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064pA328.2

Principles of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Second Edition (Hiemenz, P. C.)

Reeves B. Perry
p A328
Publication Date: December 1987 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed064pA328.3
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