Table of Contents

January 1998
Volume 75, Issue 1
Pages 2-127
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Chemical Education Today

From Past Issues: The More Things Change...

p 2
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p2

In This Issue: Celebrating 75 Years!

p 3
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p3
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The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same

J. W. Moore
p 7
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p7
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News

p 8
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p8
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Especially for High School Teachers

J. Emory Howell
p 9
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p9
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Announcements

p 12
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p12
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Viewpoints: Chemists on Chemistry

Glenn T. Seaborg
p 13
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p13
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Changing the Federal-University Partnership

Richard N. Zare
p 16
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p16
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A Chemical Technology Program Partnership

Gary Hicks
p 18
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p18

Report from Nature

Sabine Heinhorst and Gordon Cannon
p 20
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p20

The Journal's 75th Anniversary: Diamond or Fullerene?

Jerry A. Bell
p 22
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p22

Anniversaries: 1998

Paul F. Schatz
p 23
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p23

Organic Chemistry: An Intermediate Text (Hoffman, Robert V.)

Alan M. Rosan
p 34
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p34
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Principles of Modern Chemistry, 3rd Edition (Oxtoby, David W.; Nachtrieb, Norman H.)

Paul S. Poskozim
p 36
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p36.1
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The Hidden Curriculum: Faculty-Made Tests in Science (Tobias, Sheila; Raphael, Jacqueline)

Jack K. Steehler
p 36
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p36.2
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Exploring Chemical Analysis, 1st Edition (Harris, Daniel C.)

John C. Wright
p 37
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p37
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Save Time and Money through Chemistry (Carpenter, Ken)

Al Hazari
p 38
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p38
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Chemistry Everyday for Everyone

The Iron Blast Furnace: A Study in Chemical Thermodynamics

Richard S. Treptow and Luckner Jean
p 43
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p43
Extractive Metallurgy

Some Linguistic Detail on Chelation

Daniel T. Haworth
p 47
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p47
History, Education, and Documentation

Heat Capacity, Body Temperature, and Hypothermia

Doris R. Kimbrough
p 48
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p48
History, Education, and Documentation

The Electromotive Series and Other Non-Absolute Scales

Gavin D. Peckham
p 49
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p49
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Classroom

Demonstrating Heat Changes on the Overhead Projector with a Projecting Thermometer

Chinhyu Hur , Sally Solomon and Christy Wetzel
p 51
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p51
History, Education, and Documentation

A Modified Hydrogen/Oxygen Balloon Demonstration

Ian J. McNaught
p 52
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p52
History, Education, and Documentation

A simple demonstration of How Intermolecular Forces Make DNA helical

Michael F. Bruist
p 53
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p53
History, Education, and Documentation

Flame Tests That Are Portable, Storable, and Easy To Use

George M. McKelvy
p 55
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p55
History, Education, and Documentation

"Mud" + "blood" - A very colorful demonstration

Gordon F. Hambly
p 56
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p56
History, Education, and Documentation

Thermochromic solids

Jeffrey G. Hughes
p 57
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p57
History, Education, and Documentation

A Simplified Determination of Percent Oxygen in Air

Chin-Hsiang Fang
p 58
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p58
History, Education, and Documentation

Acid-Base Chemistry of the Aluminum Ion in Aqueous Solution

Edward Koubek
p 60
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p60.1
History, Education, and Documentation

The Source of the Cloud Produced upon Adding Dry Ice to Water

Manu Kohli , Rudy L. Luck and Veka Ohtamaa
p 60
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p60.2
History, Education, and Documentation

Demonstrations on Paramagnetism with an Electronic Balance

Adolf Cortel
p 61
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p61
History, Education, and Documentation

Toward More Performance Evaluation in Chemistry

Sharon L. Rasp
p 64
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p64
History, Education, and Documentation

How Do I Get My Students to Work Together? Getting Cooperative Learning Started

Marcy Hamby Towns
p 67
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p67
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Laboratory

Inserting an Investigative Dimension into Introductory Laboratory Courses

Carolyn Herman
p 70
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p70
History, Education, and Documentation

Problem-Solving Teaching in the Chemistry Laboratory: Leaving the Cooks...

Christian Gallet
p 72
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p72
History, Education, and Documentation

Thermodynamic and Kinetic Controlled Enolates: A Project for a Problem-Oriented Laboratory Course

Augustine Silveira Jr., Michael A. Knopp and Jhong Kim
p 78
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p78
History, Education, and Documentation

Rediscovery of an Extraction Technique

Edward J. Behrman
p 80
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p80
History, Education, and Documentation

An Activity with Electricity

Staff
p 80A
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p80A

Photodimerization of Anthracene

Gary W. Breton and Xoua Vang
p 81
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p81

Notes on Converting to Microscale

Antonio Herrera and John Almy
p 83
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p83
History, Education, and Documentation

Convenient Synthesis of a Lactone, γ-Butyrolactone

Richard E. Bozak , J. Knittel and Ronald J. Hicks
p 84
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p84
History, Education, and Documentation

A Grignard-like Organic Reaction in Water

Gary W. Breton and Christine A. Hughey
p 85
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p85
History, Education, and Documentation

Grignard Synthesis of Various Tertiary Alcohols

T. Stephen Everett
p 86
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p86
History, Education, and Documentation

A Kinetics Experiment To Demonstrate the Role of a Catalyst in a Chemical Reaction: A Versatile Exercise for General or Physical Chemistry Students

Christine L. Copper and Edward Koubek
p 87
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p87
History, Education, and Documentation

Iron(III) Thiocyanate Revisited: A Physical Chemistry Equilibrium Lab Incorporating Ionic Strength Effects

Cathy L. Cobb and G. A. Love
p 90
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p90
History, Education, and Documentation

Micellar Aggregation Numbers - A Fluorescence Study

Jan van Stam , Sigrid Depaemelaere and Frans C. De Schryver
p 93
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p93
History, Education, and Documentation

The Ligand Field Spectra of Copper(II) Complexes

Anthony T. Baker
p 98
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p98
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

Is Laboratory Based Instruction in Beginning College-Level Chemistry Worth the Effort and Expense?

Alexandra Hilosky , Frank Sutman and Joseph Schmuckler
p 100
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p100
History, Education, and Documentation

Exploring the Rayleigh-Ritz Variational Principle

Emili Besalú and Josep Martí
p 105
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p105
History, Education, and Documentation

What Is the Geometry at Trigonal Nitrogen?

K. P. Sudlow and A. A. Woolf
p 108
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p108
History, Education, and Documentation

A Modern Approach to L-S Coupling in the Theory of Atomic Spectra

Graham Doggett and Brian Sutcliffe
p 110
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p110
History, Education, and Documentation

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Portraying the Structure of Micelles

F. M. Menger , R. Zana and B. Lindman
p 115
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p115
History, Education, and Documentation

The Real Reason Why Oil and Water Don't Mix

Todd P. Silverstein
p 116
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p116
History, Education, and Documentation

Nonlinear Least-Squares Curve Fitting with Microsoft Excel Solver

Daniel C. Harris
p 119
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p119
History, Education, and Documentation

Curve-Fitting Approach to Potentiometric Titration Using Spreadsheet

Ngai Ling Ma and C. W. Tsang
p 122
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p122
History, Education, and Documentation

Delivering a Chemistry Course over the Internet

David W. Brooks , Daonian Liu and L. James Walter
p 123
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p123

Introducing JCE Online

Jon Holmes
p 126
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p126

Prospectus

Jon Holmes and Nancy Gettys
p 127
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p127
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Articles

Reforming the General Chemistry Textbook (1)

E. T. Samulski
p 10
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p10.1
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Reforming the General Chemistry Textbook (2)

S. J. Hawkes
p 10
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p10.2
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Reforming the General Chemistry Textbook (3)

S. J. Fisher
p 10
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p10.3
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Reforming the General Chemistry Textbook (4)

S. J. Hartman
p 26
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p26.1
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Reforming the General Chemistry Textbook (5)

A.R.H. Cole
p 26
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p26.2
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Reforming the General Chemistry Textbook (6)

S. Pine , R. Archer and Kaesz H.
p 30
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p30.1
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Reforming the General Chemistry Textbook (7)

J. Reeves
p 30
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p30.2
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Reforming the General Chemistry Textbook (8)

R. Hill
p 31
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p31.1
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Reforming the General Chemistry Textbook (9)

B. Spencer , C.B. Moore and N. Rose
p 31
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p31.2
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Reforming the General Chemistry Textbook (the author replies)

R.J. Gillespie
p 32
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p32
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