Table of Contents

February 1998
Volume 75, Issue 2
Pages 130-247
About the Cover:

The cover is derived from an in situ high-pressure scanning tunneling miscroscope image of a platinum (110) surface. The image is from this month's Viewpoints paper, "The Flexible Surface" by Somorjai and Rupprechter (page 161).

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Chemical Education Today

From Past Issues: The More Things Change...

p 130
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p130

In This Issue

p 131
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p131
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Education versus Training

John W. Moore
p 135
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p135
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News

p 136
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p136
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Especially for High School Teachers

J. Emory Howell
p 137
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p137
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Announcements

JCE staff
p 140
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p140
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The Perfect Text

Ruth Russo
p 141
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p141
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Improving the Teaching/Learning Process in General Chemistry: Report on the 1997 Stony Brook General Chemistry Teaching Workshop

David M. Hanson and Troy Wolfskill
p 143
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p143

General Chemistry Teaching Workshop: A Student's View

Kimberly Glenn
p 147
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p147

A Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity (ed.s by Rayner-Canham, Marlene F.; Rayner- Canham, Geoffrey W.)

Margaret H. Venable
p 151
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p151
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Food: The Chemistry of Its Components, 3rd Edition (Coultate, T. P.)

Rachelle Carandang and Greg Ziegler
p 152
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p152
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Buffer Solutions: The Basics (Beynon, R. J.; Easterby, J. S.)

Wheeler Conover
p 153
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p153.1
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Desk Reference for Organic Chemists (East, Michael B.; Ager, David J.)

R. David Crouch
p 153
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p153.2
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Spin Choreography: Basic Steps in High Resolution NMR (Freeman, Ray)

Michael J. Minch
p 155
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p155
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Book Notes: College Chemistry Faculties 1996, 10th ed.

George B. Kauffman
p 156
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p156
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Viewpoints

The Flexible Surface: Molecular Studies Explain the Extraordinary Diversity of Surface Chemical Properties

Gabor A. Somorjai and Günther Rupprechter
p 161
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p161
History, Education, and Documentation
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Chemistry Everyday for Everyone

On the Surface: Mini-Activities Exploring Surface Phenomena

JCE staff
p 176A
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Activity)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p176A

Lavoisier Preempted Gay-Lussac by 20 Years!

Michael Laing
p 177
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p177
History, Education, and Documentation

Introductory Electrochemistry for Kids - Food for Thought, and Human Potential

Gary G. Stroebel and Stephanie A. Myers
p 178
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p178

Lemon Cells Revisited - The Lemon-Powered Calculator

Daniel J. Swartling and Charlotte Morgan
p 181
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p181
History, Education, and Documentation

The Universal Litmus Test

Leona Heitsch
p 182
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p182

In the Classroom

Re-blue-ing Blue Litmus Paper

Margaret J. Steffel
p 183
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p183.1
History, Education, and Documentation

Red shoe-blue shoe: An Acid-Base Demonstration with a Fashionable Twist

Calvin E. Uzelmeier III and Arthur C. Breyer
p 183
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p183.2

The Workshop Chemistry Project: Peer-Led Team-Learning

David K. Gosser and Vicki Roth
p 185
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p185

Uncommon Oxidation Numbers of Nonmetals

Wayne P. Anderson
p 187
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p187
History, Education, and Documentation

A Mechanical Analogue for Chemical Potential

Samuel V. Glass and Roger L. DeKock
p 190
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p190

In the Laboratory

Using Chemistry and Color To Analyze Household Products: A 10-12 Hour Laboratory Project at the General Chemistry Level

Wayne B. Bosma
p 214
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p214
History, Education, and Documentation

Small-Scale Kinetic Study of the Catalyzed Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide

Ronald O. Ragsdale , Jan C. Vanderhooft and Arden P. Zipp
p 215
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p215
History, Education, and Documentation

Enzymatic Synthesis of (S)-(-)-γ-Methyl-γ-butyrolactone from Racemic Methyl γ-Hydroxypentanoate: A Microscale Advanced Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory Project

Moses Lee
p 217
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p217
History, Education, and Documentation

An Integrated Extraction/Crystallization/Distillation Experiment

Claude Amsterdamsky
p 219
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p219
History, Education, and Documentation

Nucleophilic Addition vs. Substitution: A Puzzle for the Organic Laboratory

Ernest F. Silversmith
p 221
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p221
History, Education, and Documentation

An Aldehyde Derivative

J. Hodge Markgraf and Bo Yoon Choi
p 222
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p222
History, Education, and Documentation

The Analysis of Orange Oil and the Aqueous Solubility of d-Limonene. Two Complementary Gas Chromatography Experiments

Kathryn R. Williams and Russell E. Pierce
p 223
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p223
History, Education, and Documentation

Enhanced Luminescence of Lanthanides: Determination of Europium by Enhanced Luminescence

Amanda L. Jenkins and George M. Murray
p 227
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p227
History, Education, and Documentation

Applying Statistics in the Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory: Experiments with Food Dyes

Kathryn A. Thomasson , Sheila Lofthus-Herschman , Michelle Humbert and Norman Kulevsky
p 231
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p231
History, Education, and Documentation

An Experiment in Electronic Spectroscopy: Information Enhancement Using Second Derivative Analysis

B. R. Ramachandran and Arthur M. Halpern
p 234
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p234
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

How Does the Gibbs Free Energy Evolve in a System Undergoing Coupled Competitive Reactions?

Ludovic Jullien , Anna Proust and Jean-Christophe Le Menn
p 194
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p194
History, Education, and Documentation

Prediction of the Saturation Curve of a Pure Substance Using Maxwell's Rule

Jaime Wisniak and Moshe Golden
p 200
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p200
History, Education, and Documentation

Analysis of Chemical Reactions by Means of Isoconversion Curves: Kx = Constant

Valeriu Voiculescu , Luminita Simoiu and Gavril Niac
p 203
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p203
History, Education, and Documentation

Spatial Perception Skills of Chemistry Students

Sharon L. Coleman and Albert J. Gotch
p 206
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p206
History, Education, and Documentation

Integrating Multiple Teaching Methods into a General Chemistry Classroom

Joseph S. Francisco , Gayle Nicoll and Marcella Trautmann
p 210
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p210
History, Education, and Documentation

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Extending the Diatomic FTIR Experiment: A Computational Exercise To Calculate Potential Energy Curves

Osman Sorkhabi , William M. Jackson and Iraj Daizadeh
p 238
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p238
History, Education, and Documentation

Integration of Computational Chemistry into the Chemistry Curriculum

Ned H. Martin
p 241
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p241
History, Education, and Documentation

Production of Numerical Chemical Problems Using a Spreadsheet

Peter G. Hall
p 243
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p243
History, Education, and Documentation

The Journal at JCE Online

Jon L. Holmes
p 246
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p246

Flying over Atoms CD-ROM: Abstract of Special Issue 19

John R. Markham
p 247
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p247
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Articles

Solubility and the Perpetuation of Error

S.J. Hawkes
p 138
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p138.1
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Solubility and the Perpetuation of Error (the author replies)

D.B. Green
p 138
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p138.2
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Has Chemical Education Reached Equilibrium? (1)

R.W. Ramette
p 138
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p138.3
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Has Chemical Education Reached Equilibrium? (2)

E. Schultz
p 138
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p138.4
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Has Chemical Education Reached Equilibrium? (3)

F. Lornitzo
p 139
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p139
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