Table of Contents

November 1998
Volume 75, Issue 11
Pages 1354-1504
About the Cover:

Streaking across the cover is Comet Hale-Bopp. In the article "Cometary Spectroscopy for Advanced Undergraduates" (page 1472), Sorkhabi, Jackson, and Daizadeh describe how spectra obtained from comets can be analyzed in an advanced physical chemistry course.

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Chemical Education Today

From Past Issues: The More Things Change...

p 1354
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1354

In This Issue: Celebrating 75 Years!

p 1355
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1355
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Persistence

John W. Moore
p 1359
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1359
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News

p 1360
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1360
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Especially for High School Teachers

J. Emory Howell
p 1361
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1361
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More Experiments in the Penny Lab

I.A. Leenson
p 1362
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1362
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On the Surface of Things: Images of the Extraordinary in Science (Frankel, Felice; Whitesides, George M.)

J. A. Kampmeier
p 1363
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1363
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Announcements

p 1364
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1364
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Shaping the Future: CUR Seventh National Conference Continues a National Dialogue

Judith A. Halstead
p 1366
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1366

The Best of Chem 13 News

Kathy Thorsen
p 1368
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1368

Education, Emerging Information Technology, and the NSF

Donald J. Wink
p 1370
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1370

X-ray Diffraction Facility for Undergraduate Teaching and Research in Chemistry and Physics

Sarah Stoll
p 1372
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1372

Journal History: Guiding the Journal of Chemical Education

p 1373
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1373

Boston ACS Meeting, Chemical Education Program

Frank Torre and Julianne Smist , Tom Wildeman
p 1381
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1381

15th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education

R. J. Friesen
p 1383
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1383

How Good Is the Quantum Mechanical Explanation of the Periodic System?

Eric R. Scerri
p 1384
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1384
History, Education, and Documentation
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Articulation

R. Kiralj
p 1387
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1387.1
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Corrections

Ernest F. Silversmith
p 1387
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Addition/Correction)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1387.2
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Corrections

David W. Ball
p 1387
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Addition/Correction)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1387.3
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Introductory Chemistry: Concepts and Connections, 2nd Edition (Corwin, Charles H.)

Wheeler Conover
p 1389
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1389.1
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Chemistry SkillBuilder CD-ROM (Gammon, Steven D.; Hutchison, Sharon)

Dawn Hensley and Wheeler Conover
p 1389
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1389.2
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Organic Chemistry, 2nd Edition (Bruice, Paula Y.)

Marlene Katz
p 1390
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1390
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Liquid Interfaces in Chemistry and Biology (Volkov, Alexander G.; Deamer, David W.; Tanelian, Darrell L.; Markin, Vladislav S.)

William E. Acree Jr.
p 1391
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1391
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Harvey, Ronald G.)

C. F. Murray
p 1392
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1392
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Macmillan Encyclopedia of Chemistry (ed. Lagowski, Joseph J.)

George B. Kauffman
p 1393
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1393
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Booknote: Core Organic Chemistry, 2nd Edition (Fox, Marye Anne; Whitesell, James K.)

Samuel S. Stradling
p 1394
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1394
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Chemistry Everyday for Everyone

Using Bad Science To Teach Good Chemistry

Michael S. Epstein
p 1399
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1399
History, Education, and Documentation

Gas Experiments with Plastic Soda Bottles

Arden P. Zipp , Patrick Kavanah
p 1405
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1405

Hands-On Practical Chemistry for All: Why and How?

H. Kimel , J.D. Bradley , S. Durbach , B. Bell and J. Mungarulire
p 1406
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1406

How To Learn and Have Fun with Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) and White Glue

V. de Zea Bermudez , P. Passos de Almeida and J. Féria Seita
p 1410
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1410
History, Education, and Documentation

Using Plastiline in the Laboratory

Francisco J. Arnáiz
p 1418
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1418
History, Education, and Documentation

Polymer Chemistry in Science Museums: A Survey of Educational Resources

David M. Collard and Scott McKee
p 1419
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1419
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Classroom

A Capstone Writing Experience in Polymer Chemistry: Writing a Proposal for an Instrument Purchase

Allen D. Hunter
p 1424
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1424
History, Education, and Documentation

Models for Models: An Introduction to Polymer Models Employing Simple Analogies

M. Pilar Tarazona and Enrique Saiz
p 1425
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1425
History, Education, and Documentation

The Alginate Demonstration: Polymers, Food Science, and Ion Exchange

Louis H. Pignolet , Amy Sue Waldman , Linda Schechinger , Geeta Govindarajoo and James S. Nowick , Ted Labuza
p 1430
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1430

Lead globules

Francisco J. Arnáiz and Maria R. Pedrosa , Gordon A. Parker
p 1431
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1431
History, Education, and Documentation

What's Gluep? Characterizing a Cross-Linked Polymer

JCE staff
p 1432A
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Activity)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1432A

A Cyclist's Guide to Ionic Concentration

Arthur M. Last
p 1433
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1433
History, Education, and Documentation

Modeling Nuclear Decay: A Point of Integration between Chemistry and Mathematics

Kent J. Crippen , Robert D. Curtright
p 1434
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1434
History, Education, and Documentation

Science Success Strategies: An Interdisciplinary Course for Improving Science and Mathematics Education

Stephen A. Angel and Donna E. LaLonde
p 1437
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1437
History, Education, and Documentation

A One-Semester General, Organic, and Biochemistry Course Format Linked by a Molecular Model Project

Henry J. Tracy
p 1442
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1442
History, Education, and Documentation

Transforming Traditional Sophomore Quant into a Course on Modern Analytical Science

S. P. Perone , J. Pesek , C. Stone and P. Englert
p 1444
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1444
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Laboratory

Do New Pennies Lose Their Shells? Hypothesis Testing in the Sophomore Analytical Chemistry Laboratory

Richard J. Stolzberg
p 1453
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1453
History, Education, and Documentation

Practical Origami in the Microscale Organic Lab

Daryl L. Ostercamp
p 1456
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1456
History, Education, and Documentation

Microscale Synthesis of UO2Cl2(OPPh3)2

Francisco J. Arnáiz and Mariano J. Miranda
p 1457
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1457
History, Education, and Documentation

The Octahedral-Square-Planar Transition of Nickel Chelates

Lina Ben-Dor and Yizhak Marcus
p 1458
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1458
History, Education, and Documentation

Resolution of trans-Cyclohexane-1,2-diamine and Determination of the Enantiopurity Using Chiral Solid-Phase HPLC Techniques and Polarimetry

Patrick J. Walsh , Diane K. Smith and Chris Castello
p 1459
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1459
History, Education, and Documentation

Determination of Chloride Concentration Using Capillary Zone Electrophoresis: An Instrumental Analysis Chemistry Laboratory Experiment

Michael A. Janusa , Lawrence J. Andermann , Nicole M. Kliebert and Mark H. Nannie
p 1463
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1463
History, Education, and Documentation

Fluorescent Probes and the Structural Evolution of Hybrid and Nonhybrid Sol-Gel Systems

L. M. Ilharco , J. M. Gaspar Martinho and C. I. Martins
p 1466
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1466

Phase Transfer Catalytic Reactions: A Physical Chemistry Laboratory Experiment

Nahid Shabestary , Sadegh Khazaeli and Richie Hickman
p 1470
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1470
History, Education, and Documentation

Cometary Spectroscopy for Advanced Undergraduates

Osman Sorkhabi , William M. Jackson and Iraj Daizadeh
p 1472
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1472
History, Education, and Documentation

Use of the Vreeland Spectroscope in the Quantum Chemistry Laboratory

William G. Wickun
p 1477
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1477
History, Education, and Documentation

Use of a Reliable Homemade Dilatometer To Study the Kinetics of the Radical Chain Polymerization of PMMA: An Undergraduate Polymer Chemistry Laboratory Kinetics Experiment

Olga Martín , Francisco Mendicuti and Maria Pilar Tarazona
p 1479
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1479
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

Inadequacies of the SN1 Mechanism

Johannes Dale
p 1482
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1482

Research: Science and Education

The Influence of Distillation Conditions on the Azeotropic Composition

Jaime Wisniak
p 1486
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1486
History, Education, and Documentation

Potential Functions in Chemical Thermodynamics

Roger Araujo
p 1490
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1490
History, Education, and Documentation

Physical Interpretation of Koopmans' Theorem: A Criticism of the Current Didactic Presentation

Celestino Angeli
p 1494
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1494
History, Education, and Documentation

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Why Does an Equilibrium Constant Not Appear Constant?

R. Bruce Martin
p 1497
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1497
History, Education, and Documentation

Using the World Wide Web in a Course in Physical Chemistry

Joseph H. Noggle and Cecil R. Dybowski
p 1499
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1499
History, Education, and Documentation

A Maple Program That Illustrates the Effect of pH on Peptide Charge

Charles W. Sokolik
p 1500
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1500
History, Education, and Documentation

Conceptual Questions and Challenge Problems

Susan C. Nurrenbern and William R. Robinson
p 1502
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1502

Buffers Plus

Richard W. Ramette
p 1504
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1504
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Articles

Neil E. Gordon, Founding Editor, 1924-1932

p 1374
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1374

Otto Reinmuth, Second Editor, 1933-1940

p 1375
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1375

Norris Rakestraw, Third Editor, 1940-1955

p 1376
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1376

William F. Kieffer, Fourth Editor, 1955-1967

p 1377
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1377

W. T. Lippincott, Fifth Editor, 1967-1979

p 1378
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1378

J. J. Lagowski, Sixth Editor, 1979-1996

p 1379
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1379

John W. Moore, Seventh Editor, 1996-

p 1380
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1380
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