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October 1996
Volume 73, Issue 10
Pages 911-1006
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The characteristic red color of the flame test for lithium is part of an instructional lesson on the names and properties of the elements. The paper, Networked Instructional Chemistry (page 911), describes the networking, management, and use of still pictures and video with large numbers of students.

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p A219
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA219
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News from Journal House

p A222
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA222
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Why Don't You Write It Up for the Journal?

John W. Moore
p A223
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA223
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Especially for High School Teachers

J. Emory Howell
p A224
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA224
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Announcements

JCE staff
p A229
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA229
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Chemistry behind the News: Sick Cows, Protein Geometry, and Politics

Carol Steinhart
p A232
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA232

Reports from Other Journals: Gleanings from Scientific American

Paul F. Schatz
p A234
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA234

The National Scene: Graduate Programs in Chemistry: A Time for Innovation and Reform

G. A. Crosby
p A235
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA235
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Report: 1996 Cost-Effective, Hands-On Chemistry Education Conference

Jeanne Murgado Dyer , Carol Chen , Patricia B. Strawbridge
p A236
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA236

American Chemical Society: An Overview of the Education Division

Sylvia A. Ware
p A238
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA238

Committee on Chemistry in the Two-Year Colleges

John Kenkel
p A239
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA239

General Chemistry, Second Edition (Umland, Jean B.; Bellama, Jon M.)

Gordon A. Parker
p A240
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA240.1
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Essential Chemistry (Chang, Raymond)

Howard D. Dewald
p A240
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA240.2
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Chemistry: The Study of Matter and Its Changes, Second Edition (Brady, James E.; Holum, John R.)

L. Peter Gold
p A241
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA241.1
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Basic Chemistry, Seventh Edition and Alternate {Shorter} Edition (Daub, G. William; Seese, William S.)

Thomas R. Tuttle
p A241
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA241.2
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Introduction to College Chemistry, First Edition (Driscoll, Jerry A.)

John J. Alexander
p A242
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA242
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Models of Matter: Principles and Perspectives of Chemistry (Wiegand, Gayl H.)

Henry C. Brenner
p A243
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA243
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Fundamentals of Chemistry, Second Edition and Essentials of Chemistry, Second Edition (Burns, Ralph A.)

Robert D. Allendoerfer
p A245
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA245
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Chemistry Everyday for Everyone

Scientific Ethics in Chemical Education

Jeffrey Kovac
p 926
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p926

DNA before Watson and Crick—The Pioneering Studies of J. M. Gulland and D. O. Jordan at Nottingham

Harold Booth and Michael J. Hey
p 928
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p928

Developing Student Speaking Skills: A Project/Independent Study in Forensic Science

Karen M. Berka , Ladislav H. Berka
p 931
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p931

A Chemistry Course for Elementary Education Majors: What is Possible When the Chemistry and Education Departments See Eye to Eye

Paul B. Kelter , Kathleen Jacobitz , Aurietha Hoesing , Elizabeth Kean
p 933
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p933

Swedish Chemists and Discovery of the Elements

Volker Thomsen
p 937
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p937

Home-Study Microlabs

Dietmar Kennepohl
p 938
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p938

In the Classroom

Thermoelectric Devices: Solid-State Refrigerators and Electrical Generators in the Classroom

Edmund J. Winder and Arthur B. Ellis , George C. Lisensky
p 940
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p940
History, Education, and Documentation

A demonstration of crystal-field effects in octahedral complexes

Edward Koubek and Mark Elert
p 947
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p947

A modified demonstration of the activation energy concept

Jin Li , Le-Sui Dai and Li-Shu You
p 948
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p948

A Mnemonic for the Inositols

Terence J. Painter
p 949
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p949

Inflation Rates, Car Devaluation, and Chemical Kinetics

Lionello Pogliani and Màrio Nuno Berberan-Santos
p 950
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p950

Thermodynamics and Spontaneity

Raymond S. Ochs
p 952
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p952

Tendency of Reaction, Electrochemistry, and Units

Roger L. DeKock
p 955
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p955

Electric Potential Distribution in an Electrochemical Cell

Pierre Millet
p 956
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p956

In the Laboratory

A Simple Method for Determining the Temperature Coefficient of Voltaic Cell Voltage

Keith M. Davies , Alfred E. Saieed
p 959
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p959

Zinc Electrodes and the Thermodynamics of a Galvanic Cell

Donald A. Probst and Giles Henderson
p 962
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p962

Thermodynamics of Air: Reinterpreting the Method of Clement and Desormes

Frederick M. Hornack
p 965
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p965

A Convenient, Inexpensive, and Environmentally Friendly Method of Measuring the Vapor Pressure of a Liquid as a Function of Temperature

James H. Burness
p 967
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p967

A Physical Chemistry Lab Project: The Effect of Composition on Several Physical Properties of Binary Mixtures of Common Liquids

Luther E. Erickson and Kevin Morris
p 971
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p971

Thin-Layer Chromatography Experiments That Illustrate General Problems in Chromatography

M. Lederer and E. Leipzig-Pagani
p 974
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p974

Thin-Layer Chromatography: Four Simple Activities for Undergraduate Students

Jamil Anwar , Saeed Ahmad Nagra and Mehnaz Nagi
p 977
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p977

Containment of Spray Reagents in TLC Spot Detection

Josef G. Krause
p 979
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p979

A Matrix Modification Experiment for Use in Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry

Frederick Vernon , Michael N. Quigley
p 980
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p980

Effects of Solution Physical Properties on Copper and Chromium Signals in Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

Fàbio R. P. Rocha and Joaquim A. Nòbrega
p 982
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p982

A Student-Designed Potentiometric Titration: Quantitative Determination of Iron(II) by Caro's Acid Titration

Joyce R. Powell , Sheryl A. Tucker and William E. Acree Jr., Jennifer A. Sees and Lindsey H. Hall
p 984
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p984

A Convenient Synthesis of the Tetrasubstituted Pyrrole: An Undergraduate Heterocyclic Laboratory Experiment

Patrik Kolar and Miha Tisler
p 986
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p986

Synthesis of η2-Dihydrogen Complex, trans-{Fe(η2-H2)(H)[1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)-ethane]2}[BF4]: An Experiment for an Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Involving Synthesis and NMR Properties of an η2-H2 Complex.

Maria T. Bautista , Lynikka D. Bynum and Cynthia K. Schauer
p 988
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p988
History, Education, and Documentation

Novel Preparation of a Tetraaza Macrocycle: An Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory

Jerry W. Hayes II , Cynthia J. Taylor and Richard P. Hotz
p 991
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p991

Research: Science and Education

The Shapes of Coordination Polyhedra

R. B. King
p 993
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p993

Osmotic Pressure and the Effects of Gravity on Solutions

Don Secrest
p 998
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p998

An Alternative Derivation of the Energy Levels of the "Particle on a Ring" System

Alan Vincent
p 1001
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p1001
History, Education, and Documentation

Numeric and Conceptual Understanding of General Chemistry at a Minority Institution

Qun Lin , Paul Kirsch and Ralph Turner
p 1003
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p1003

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Networked Instructional Chemistry: Using Technology To Teach Chemistry

Stanley Smith and Iris Stovall
p 911
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p911

CAChe Molecular Modeling: A Visualization Tool Early in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum

R. David Crouch , Michael S. Holden and Cindy Samet
p 916
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p916

The Inorganic Illustrator: A 3-D Graphical Supplement for Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry Courses Distributed on CD-ROM

Scott L. Childs and Karl S. Hagen
p 917
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p917

X-ray Powder Diffraction Simulation with a Microcomputer

Bernard L. Masson
p 918
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p918

A Computer Calculation Method in Chemical Kinetics

Miguel Guzmàn , Pedro Ortega and Leonel Vera
p 921
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p921

Use of the World Wide Web in Lower-Division Chemistry Courses

Karen E. Stevens and Richard E. Stevens
p 923
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p923

Schröedinger.m: A Mathematica Package for Solving the Time-Independent Schrödinger Equation

John C. Hansen
p 924
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p924.1
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Symmetry Elements and Operations

Albert W.M. Lee , C.L. Chan , K.M. Leung and W.J. Daniel
p 924
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p924.2
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Articles

A Guide to Submissions

p 1006
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p1006

Activity Series of Metals (1)

Francisco J. Arnáiz
p A225
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA225.1
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Activity Series of Metals (2)

David Tudela
p A225
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA225.2
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Redox Challenges (1)

David M. Hart
p A226
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA226.1
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Redox Challenges (2)

Noel S. Zaugg
p A226
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA226.2
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Redox Challenges (the author replies)

Roland Stout
p A227
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA227.1
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Undergraduate Research

Stuart Rosenfield
p A227
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA227.2
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Phase Diagrams

B. Lunelli
p A228
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA228.1
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Inner City Students

Oleta M. Thomas
p A228
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA228.2
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Visualizing the SN2 Inversion

Alan M. Rosan
p A228
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA228.3
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Keywords for Submissions to the journal

p A230
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA230
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