Table of Contents

July 1996
Volume 73, Issue 7
Pages 599-693
About the Cover:

The cover shows Lejaren A. Hiller with his collaborator Robert Baker converting computer input into musical notation at a specially adapted typewriter. The drawing links his chemical work on cellulose with his musical compositions. A tribute to this chemist - composer by Wamser and Wamser begins on page 601.

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The Forum: Demystifying Introductory Chemistry

Electron Configurations from Experiment

Ronald J. Gillespie , James N. Spencer and Richard S. Moog
p 617
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p617

Bonding and Molecular Geometry without Orbitals - The Electron Domain Model

Ronald J. Gillespie , James N. Spencer and Richard S. Moog
p 622
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p622
History, Education, and Documentation

Ionization Energies, Electronegativity, Polar Bonds, and Partial Charges

Ronald J. Gillespie , James N. Spencer and Richard S. Moog
p 627
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p627

An Approach to Reaction Thermodynamics through Enthalpies, Entropies, and Free Energies of Atomization

Ronald J. Gillespie , James N. Spencer and Richard S. Moog
p 631
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p631

General Interest

Lejaren A. Hiller, Jr.: A Memorial Tribute to a Chemist-Composer

Christian A. Wamser and Carl C. Wamser
p 601
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p601
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Using Cooperative Learning Techniques to Train New Teaching Assistants

James P. Birk and Martha J. Kurtz
p 615
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p615
History, Education, and Documentation

Teaching VSEPR: The Plastic Egg Model

James P. Birk and Soraya Abbassian
p 636
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p636
History, Education, and Documentation

Report on the WPI Conference "Demonstrations as a Teaching Tool in Chemistry: Pro and Con"

H. Beall
p 641
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p641

Polymer Science Pilot Program

Mary L. Maier
p 643
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p643

Hard and Soft Acid-Base Behavior in Aqueous Solution: Steric Effects Make Some Metal Ions Hard: A Quantitative Scale of Hardness-Softness for Acids and Bases

Robert D. Hancock and Arthur E. Martell
p 654
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p654
History, Education, and Documentation

Approximating the Electrostatic Contribution to the Entropy Change of Aqueous Phase Lanthanide-Aminocarboxylate Complexation

Thomas J. Manning
p 661
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p661

On the Masses of the Fundamental Particles in the Bound State

R. Subramanium , N. K. Goh and L. S. Chia
p 663
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p663

Features

Departments as Agents of Change

J. J. Lagowski
p 599
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p599
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In This Issue

p 600
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p600
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PC Calculations Using Gaussian for Windows: A Complement to Laboratory Measurements on HCl

Darren L. Williams , Phillip R. Minarik and Joseph W. Nibler
p 608
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p608
History, Education, and Documentation

QUNLAB: A Program for the Quantitative Analysis Laboratory

William E. L. Grossman
p 611
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p611
History, Education, and Documentation

Determining Intermolecular Potentials from Second Virial Coefficients

Brian P. Reid
p 612
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p612
History, Education, and Documentation

An Integrated Curriculum for First- and Second-Year Chemistry Courses

T. R. Rettich , David N. Bailey , Forrest J. Frank and Jeffrey A. Frick
p 638
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p638
History, Education, and Documentation

Equilibrium constants you can smell

Michael Anderson and Amy Buckley
p 639
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p639
History, Education, and Documentation

Visible ion exchange demonstration for large or small lecture halls

Jerry A. Driscoll
p 640
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p640
History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract for Special Issue Number 12: The Solid State Resources CD

Arthur B. Ellis , George C. Lisensky
p 667
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p667

Discovering...Orlando

Paul S. Cohen and Brenda H. Cohen
p A144
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA144

Division of Chemical Education Program for the 212th National Meeting of the ACS

p A146
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA146

The Purification of Horse Heart Cytochrome c by Ion Exchange Chromatography

Patricia Ann Mabrouk
p A149
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA149

Secondary School Chemistry

A High School-Collegiate Outreach Program in Chemistry and Biology Delivering Modern Technology in a Mobile Van

Chris Craney , April Mazzeo and Kaye Lord
p 646
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p646

The Joys of Liquid Nitrogen

William T. Nolan and Thaddeus J. Gish
p 651
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p651

Testing for Lead in the Environment

Karen A. Sundback
p 669
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p669

Laboratory Experiments

Determination of Trace Metal Ion Concentrations in Seawater

Michael N. Quigley , Fredrick Vernon
p 671
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p671
History, Education, and Documentation

Experiments for Modern Introductory Chemistry: Identification of Arson Accelerants by Gas Chromatography

Dianne M. Elderd , Nicholas K. Kildahl and Ladislav H. Berka
p 675
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p675
History, Education, and Documentation

IR Spectroscopy Using Disposable Polyethylene Cards: A Replacement for KBr Pellets and Mulls

Larry S. Wigman , Elizabeth E. Hart and Constance Gombatz
p 677
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p677
History, Education, and Documentation

Constant-Current Coulometric Titration of Hydrochloric Acid

James Swim , Edward Earps , Laura M. Reed and David Paul
p 679
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p679
History, Education, and Documentation

Testing the Electrical Resistivity of Wax and Copper Composites: An Experiment for Simulating the Electrical Behavior of Metal-Filled Plastics

Gabriel Pinto
p 683
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p683

Chemical Kinetics in Real Time: Using the Differential Rate Law and Discovering the Reaction Orders

B. R. Ramachandran and Arthur M. Halpern
p 686
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p686
History, Education, and Documentation

Mechanical Coefficients of Liquids by a Differential Expansion Method

Valentín García Baonza , Mercedes Cáceres and Javier Núñez
p 690
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p690

A Consistent System for Coding Laboratory Samples

John C. Sih
p 693
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p693

Articles

Homeowner's Test for Lead in the Paint

Thomas Rees
p 670
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p670
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